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Of interest to readers of the mind, the Museo Laboratorio della Mente provides all the research required for you to know what goes on in the mind. To learn about problems related to mental health, psychology, criminal insights and mentally unstable people, this place offers an avenue into reading different mindsets. Working closely with psychiatric hospitals, the center is known for training in positive mental health. They offer their rooms for conference and training purposes as well. The museum is the result of collaboration with Studio Azzurro and presents itself as a narrative museum, a documentary of the history of the institution and a mirror to society facilitating reflection on diversity and social ostracization. It also houses the erstwhile asylum’s scientific, historical, pharmacological, medical, scientific and irregular collections. Art from the ‘80s and ‘90s ids featured as well.

Mentelocale Live Music Club is home base for the non-profit Associazione Culturale nel Nome del Rock (In the Name of Rock Cultural Association). It has live music gigs year-round and hosts the Nel Nome del Rock music festival. You can find it in Palestrina, 40 km (29 mi) east of Rome.

Bizarre and captivating, the crypt of the Capuchin Friars is worth the venture off the well-beaten tourist path in Rome. The crypt or cemetery lies under the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini. Dating back to the 17th century, this underground ossuary is adorned with the skeletal remains of thousands of friars, arranged in intricate patterns and ornate displays that serve as a poignant reminder of the transient nature of human existence. Skulls flanked by shoulder blades create angelic figures looming above on the ceiling and the final room contains the skeleton of a child grim reaper and the inscription "What you are, we once were too and what we are now, you will be".

The ancient buildings that can be seen here were discovered during excavation work in the 1920s. The four temples from the Republican era were named A, B, C and D. Temple C is the oldest, Temple A is from the 3rd Century BCE, and some of the flooring and mosaics of Temple B are still visible. Although Temple C was built in 100 BCE, the mosaic decorations were added during a later period. Currently, this historic sight is a no-kill cat sanctuary that houses abandoned cats from the area. Stray cats are taken in, given shots, sprayed and given a home at the sanctuary, where they now abound. Whether you are a history buff or a cat lover, you have to see this sight.

Via delle Carrozze is an old, small street running through the historical center of Rome, just two steps from Piazza di Spagna and Via del Corso. This street received its name from the old carriage shops which were placed here, historically. Over the centuries, Via delle Carrozze kept the typical atmosphere of narrow Roman streets, while still offering high quality shopping. Along with Via Condotti, Via della Vite, Via della Croce and Via Frattina, this nice street is one of Campo Marzio neighborhood's chic avenues. Here you will find clothing stores, shirt shops, tailors for men and women, as well as some distinctive gastronomic shops, like La Peonia, which is specialized in Sardinian products.

One of the most offbeat museums, the National Historic Museum of Sanitary Art, inaugurated in 1933, is hosted adjoining the Santo Spirito in Sassia and is surely a must-visit spot! The museum helps us understand how students are taught the art of healing and sanitation. The museum also exhibits some bottled lifeforms redolent of a scientists' lab. The Siamese twins are a major draw. Pope Innocent III founded the hospital in 1198 with a view, among other things, to teach medicine and equipped it thus. The museum consists of rooms largely categorized per the major components of the collections housed within: the Alexandrine Hall; the Flaiani Hall; the Capparoni Hall, portable apothecharies and the Carbonelli Hall.