Quarter Calatafimi famous for two attractions – the Carthaginian cemetery and the Capuchin monastery. The first is dated 6 – 4 centuries BC, when Palermo was ruled by the Carthaginians. In fact, it was they who founded the city around 600 BC on the site of an ancient trading settlement. The cemetery consists of about 70 graves, most of which is a dug pits in the ground. Almost all of the artifacts found here can be seen today in the Archaeological Museum of Palermo. But part of the old items buried along with the dead, has remained – for example, pottery, tools and jewelry. They are exhibited in several glass cases at the entrance to the cemetery. In two graves can be seen human skeletons.

Another noteworthy place Calatafimi – producing eerie impression the Capuchin monastery with its enormous catacombs, full of mummified remains. The monks began to mummification and embalming the bodies of the dead members of the noble families of Palermo immediately after the construction of the monastery in the mid-16th century and continued up until the early 20th century. The last mummy was made in 1920.

Mummies dressed in their best suits, piled along the walls of the catacombs where they are today. Among the most notable "exhibits" - the officer in the form of the 18th century and the cocked hat and well-preserved body of a 7-year-old girl named Rosalia, who was the last embalmed.

As for the Capuchin monastery, it was rebuilt in the early 20th century. In it you can see several small sculptures of the famous wizard Ignazio Marabotti, as well as a collection of ancient manuscripts. Here is the tomb of Giuseppe Tommasi, the author of one of the best works of Sicilian literature – "Leopard". His body was embalmed, and buried in the cemetery near the catacombs.