The yellow monastery, built by the Franciscans, has a warm facade and a pretty altar. But honestly, the approximately 25'000 skeletons lying beneath the church are far more interesting. During the very romantic tour of the ghastly catacombs, I learnt that the femur, tibia and skull are the human bones that survive the longest. Unfortunately, I have no photographic evidence. "No fotos" signs are plastered all over the colonial-era walls of the church. As is "no tocar"-- including next to piles of bones. I don't quite understand why that sign was necessary, but it was amusing nonetheless.
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