Kapuziner Crypt (Kapuzinergruft): Housing the Bodies of the Habsburg Royal Family, Vienna, Austria

Kapuziner Crypt (Kapuzinergruft), where the bodies of the Habsburg royal family are stored. — in Vienna, Austria. From a visit yesterday with dear friend and wax sculptor Eleanor Crook.

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