Editing Catacombs (section)

==Around the world==
[[Image:Rom, Domitilla-Katakomben 2.jpg|thumb|Grave niches in the [[Catacombs of Rome#Catacombs of Domitilla|Catacombs of Domitilla]], [[Rome]]]]
[[Image:Paris catacombes.jpg|thumb|[[Paris Catacombs]]]]
[[File:Rom, Domitilla-Katakomben, Fresko "Christus und die 12 Apostel" und Christussymbol "Chi Rho" 1.jpg|thumb|[[Jesus]] and his [[twelve apostles]], fresco with the [[Chi Rho|Chi-Rho symbol <big>☧</big>]], Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome]]
[[File:Rom, Domitilla-Katakomben, Steintafel mit Inschrift, Alpha und Omega und Christussymbol Chi Rho.jpg|thumb|The Chi-Rho symbol <big>☧</big> with [[Alpha and Omega]], Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome]]

Catacombs around the world include:

* [[Austria]] – Catacombs of [[St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna]]
* [[Czech Republic]] – [[Znojmo Catacombs|Catacombs of Znojmo]]
* [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] – [[Catacombs of Jajce]]
* [[Egypt]] – [[Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa]] (or ''Kom al Sukkfa'', ''Shuqafa'', etc.) in [[Alexandria]]
* [[United Kingdom]] – [[Catacombs of London]] and others
* [[Finland]] – Catacombs of the Helsinki Orthodox cemetery at [[Hietaniemi cemetery]]
* France – [[Catacombs of Paris]]. Mine workings were used at end of the 18th century and had no religious purpose other than as an [[ossuary]] for storing the bones of cleared graveyards.
* [[Greece]] – [[Catacombs of Milos]]
* [[Italy]] – [[Catacombs of Rome]]; [[Catacombs of Naples]]; [[Capuchin catacombs of Palermo]], [[Catacombs of Syracuse]] and others
* [[Israel]] – [[Beit She'arim necropolis]]<ref>Weiss, Z. (2010). Burial practices in Beth She'arim and the question of dating the patriarchal necropolis. ''Follow the Wise": Studies in Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Lee I. Levine. Winona Lake'', 207–231.</ref>
* [[Malta]] – [[Catacombs of Malta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1113/ |title=Maltese Catacomb Complexes |publisher=[[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Centre]] |access-date=2008-04-17 }}</ref>
* [[Peru]] – [[Catacombs of Lima]]
* [[Philippines]] – Catacomb of [[Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery]]
*[[Spain]] – Catacombs of [[Sacromonte in Granada]]
* [[Serbia]] – [[Petrovaradin Fortress catacombs]]
* [[Tunisia]] – [[:fr:Catacombes de Sousse|Catacombs of Sousse]]
* [[Ukraine]] – [[Odesa Catacombs]]
* United States – [[Old St. Patrick's Cathedral#Cathedral complex|Old St. Patrick's Cathedral]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/take-a-photo-tour-of-the-crypts-underneath-st-patricks-old-cathedral-slide-show |title=Take a photo tour of the crypts underneath St. Patrick's Old Cathedral |website=timeout.com |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>
There are also catacomb-like burial chambers in [[Anatolia]], [[Turkey]]; in [[Sousse]], Tunisia; in [[Syracuse, Italy]]; [[Trier]], Germany; [[Kyiv]], Ukraine. [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] catacombs of [[Palermo, Sicily]], were used as late as the 1920s. Catacombs were available in some of the grander English cemeteries founded in the 19th century, such as [[Sheffield General Cemetery]] (above ground) and [[West Norwood Cemetery]] (below ground). There are catacombs in [[Bulgaria]] near [[Aladzha Monastery]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Aladzha Monastery {{!}} Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria {{!}} Attractions |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bulgaria/golden-sands/attractions/aladzha-monastery/a/poi-sig/1116388/1002749 |website=Lonely Planet |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and in [[Romania]] as medieval underground galleries in [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/a71250/retea-strategica-de-buncare-si-tuneluri-dedesubtul-capitalei.html|title=Romania Libera:Network of tunnels under the capital city|access-date=2008-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129210328/http://www.romanialibera.ro/a71250/retea-strategica-de-buncare-si-tuneluri-dedesubtul-capitalei.html|archive-date=29 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Ukraine and Russia, catacomb (used in the local languages' plural ''katakomby'') also refers to the network of abandoned caves and [[tunnel]]s earlier used to mine stone, especially [[limestone]].

In Italy, possible Catacombs are also located in [[Alezio]], beside the ''Sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Assunta'', as well as the basement of ''{{ill|Santa Maria della Lizza Sanctuary|it|Chiesa di Santa Maria della Lizza}}''.{{clarify|date=December 2020}}