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Crypts and Catacombs of Rome Skip-The-Line Tour
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Crypts and Catacombs of Rome Skip-The-Line Tour

Free Cancellation
Language: English

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Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
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Free cancellation
Entrance Fees Included
Guided Tour
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Small group

Why you’ll love this…

You'll take a step back in time as you explore early Christian art, crypts, and catacombs
There's a visit to the eerie Capuchin Crypt decorated with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin monks
You can explore the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti and its ancient chambers once used by early Christians
The tour reveals hidden relics and remains that reflect the deep spiritual roots of the Eternal City
Your expert guide will share fascinating stories about Rome's mysterious underground history

What we expect

Embark on an unforgettable journey through ancient Rome's underground wonders, exploring crypts, catacombs, and burial chambers with an expert guide. The Original Crypts and Catacombs of Rome Tour begins in Piazza Barberini, where human corpses were once publicly displayed. The tour's highlight is the Capuchin Crypt, featuring Caravaggio's "St. Francis in Meditation" and the artistic arrangement of 4,000 Capuchin monks' bones.

Next, travel comfortably to the Christian Catacombs, a network associated with the first Christians in ancient Rome. Descend into volcanic rock corridors, discovering frescoes and burial places doubling as places of worship during persecution. Led by an expert guide, navigate...

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What's included

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Entrance ticket to the Capuchin Crypt and Museum
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Entrance ticket to the catacombs
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Transportation in air-conditioned coach
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Tour guide

What to remember

Accessibility:

Not suitable for wheelchairs
Not suitable for guests with visual or hearing impairments
Not suitable for those with reduced mobility due to uneven paths or steps

Not allowed:

Strollers and baby carriages are not permitted

Know in advance:

Please be aware that some locations may be busy during standard hours
This service ends at Piazza Barberini or the exit of San Martino ai Monti
Please note, on Sundays the Church visits is not guaranteed due to liturgical activities
Note that tours inside Capuchin Crypts will run with audio guides instead of a guided tour as per new rules imposed by the Capuchin Crypts

Remember to bring:

This tour involves a fair amount of walking, hills, and stairs so please wear comfortable shoes
Please note that entrance into churches requires a strict dress code. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women

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Reviews

Excellent

4.5/5
Based on 82 reviews from verified customers
All ratings (82)
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Anonymous

December 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Fantastic tour. The guide was really good. Highly recommend
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

We weren't sure about this tour but were so pleased we did it. The tour was eye-opening, particularly the visit to the crypts of the Capuchin Monks. Great knowledge and insight from Liv and Alan.
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Vickie

August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 29 years old

Excellent

We are a family of different age groups and all enjoyed the tour very much
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Gareth

August 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as Alone - 29 years old

Excellent

An absolutely fantastic tour! Sabeena, the tour guide was absolutely wonderful. She was knowledgeable, passionate and took care of everyone. Thank you!
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Anonymous

August 2025
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Guide was brilliant- incredibly knowledgeable and accommodating- even showed us to our bus stop at the end of the tour
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GigiRae

May 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 39 years old

Excellent

This has to be one of the best if not the best excursion I have ever been on hands down
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lisa

May 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

Excellent

great guide from city wonder tour very informative great trip,very easy meeting places
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Lsb

April 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 21 years old

Excellent

Very interesting!
M

Matt

January 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 32 years old

Great

S

Sally

January 2025
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Great

The tour itself was good and interesting, however no transport was supplied back to the original meeting place so we had to pay 10 euros for a taxi back to our hotel
K

KH

December 2024
From Sweden
Traveled as With family - 42 years old

Excellent

Historisk och intressant tur med mycket kunnig guide .
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Miranda

October 2024
From Netherlands
Traveled as As a couple

Great

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Echte naam

October 2024
From Netherlands
Traveled as With family - 50 years old

Excellent

De reisleidster wist veel te vertellen op een leuke inspirerende manier. Heel bijzonder ook om de geschiedenis te horen. De bustour was ook leuk omdat je door Rome rijd en ze veel vertelde over de stad. Ben je slecht ter been is het geen aanrader, omdat er ondergronds een pad is dat hobbelig is. Veel trappen. Maar wat vonden we het machtig interresant. Ik zeg doen!
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Annette

September 2024
From Netherlands
Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Great

De gids vertelde op een grappige manier en gaf veel info, waardoor je wist waarnaar je moest kijken. Je kwam op plekken waar je anders wellicht niet geweest zou zijn. Zeer interessant en een aanrader. Er had iets meer tijd ingeruimd mogen zijn voor het botten kerkje. Je moest best snel door de expositie. We kregen wel een blad met de nrs die je vooral moest luisteren.
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Ian & Sarah

September 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple - 29 years old

Excellent

The Crypts and Catacombs of Rome was an amazing experience and well organised. Semih our guide was the perfect host, very knowledgeable and passionate in his delivery. He made some personal recommendation for the remainder of our stay in Rome, which we took full advantage of. We would fully recommend this tour with City wonders.
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Marijanne

August 2024
From Netherlands
Traveled as With family - 40 years old

Great

Was eerder een snel bezoek aan crypte en catacomben. Fijne gidsen maar er kwam geen diepgang
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Gemma and Archie

July 2024
From United Kingdom
Traveled as With family - 18 years old

Excellent

Amazing trip from start to finish our tour guide alen was great told us loads of great facts also the things you see are incredible
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Anonymous

July 2024
From United States of America

Great

Just did not care about being dropped off at a different place from where we started.. hard to find a way back to the hotel….
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Anonymous

May 2024
From United States of America

Great

Awesome experience, definitely recommend doing it
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Anonymous

April 2024
From Germany

Excellent

gut
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Anonymous

April 2024
From United States of America

Great

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Anonymous

March 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

Alain the tour guide was simply incredible. Very knowledgeable and funny he made the whole experience wonderful. Highly recommend!!
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Anonymous

January 2024
From United States of America

Excellent

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EDB

December 2023
From Netherlands
Traveled as As a couple - 23 years old

Excellent

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Anonymous

November 2023
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Peter was friendly, knowledgeable and very entertaining
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Anonymous

November 2023
From United States of America

Great

The tour was great but the group was way too big.
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Anonymous

October 2023
From Germany

Excellent

Die Tour wurde von Heather geleitet. Es war wirklich beeindruckend, der Ablauf entspannt + gut organisiert. Heather hat einen super Job gemacht, durch ihre lockere und lustige Art hat sie historische Themen und Fakten lebendig und einprägsam rübergebracht. Ich würde die Tour jederzeit wieder machen.
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Ferry.

September 2023
From Netherlands
Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Great

Alles prima verzorgd!
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Annelien

August 2023
From Netherlands
Traveled as As a couple - 8 years old

Average

Veel te veel op één, andere catacomben waren fijner geweest, crypten veel te snel moeten doorlopen, laatste stop bij de kerk was niet meer nodig.
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Anonymous

July 2023
From Italy

Excellent

Grey tour guide, great tour!
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Anonymous

May 2023
From Netherlands

Excellent

Goede gids, heel verrassend waar ik terecht kwam. Het heeft wel een impact op me gehad!
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Yvette

February 2023
From Netherlands
Traveled as With family - 26 years old

Great

De rondleiding door de crypte was super, leuke tourguide met veel achtergrond informatie. Ontvangers met koptelefoon, dus prima te verstaan. De tombe viel ons daarentegen erg tegen. Gids van de tombe zelf. Microfoon met luidspreker prima, maar niet als je met je rug naar de mensen staat, dan hoor je nog maar de helft. De kerk werd weer begeleidt door de eigen tourguide en was dan ook weer voorzien van veel leuke weetjes en extra informatie. Paula was top.
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Anonymous

February 2023
From Italy

Excellent

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Cath

September 2022
From United Kingdom
Traveled as As a couple

Average

Guide was friendly and knowledgeable but too big a group and too many groups visiting at same time, especially as there is space constraints and the other guides were so loud I couldn't always hear my guide
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Anonymous

August 2022
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Had a great time, our guide was very knowledgeable and made the whole experience exciting and thrilling.
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Anonymous

August 2022
From Spain

Excellent

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Anonymous

July 2022
From United States of America

Average

Please include in any tour if there is a prohibition on taking images...this could just be me but one great thing about vacations is sharing images...the tour did not allow any. If I had known this before I would not have taken this tour. Seems trite but its just me. TNX
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Anonymous

July 2022
From Italy

Excellent

Fantastic tour of the crypts and catacombs of Rome Guide very knowledgeable and entertaining
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Jolanda Helder

June 2022
From Netherlands
Traveled as With family - 34 years old

Excellent

Interessante tour. De gids kon goed vertellen, waardoor de trip nog leuker was. Hij nam ook ruim de tijd om alles uit te leggen.
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Anonymous

August 2021
From Netherlands

Excellent

Goed georganiseerde trip op meerdere locaties met een busje als transport. Deskundige gids met veel kennis van de locaties. Interessante dingen gezien.
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Anonymous

August 2021
From Netherlands

Excellent

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Anonymous

September 2018
From United States of America

Excellent

An absolutely brilliant tour! Ricardo and Andy were extremely knowledgeable and entertaining guides. Fantastic!
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Anonymous

August 2018
From United States of America

Excellent

Loved it. Sean made the difference. A great guide and super friendly. From the ancient Roman tattooed guy.
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Anonymous

July 2018
From United States of America

Great

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Anonymous

April 2018
From United Kingdom

Great

We had very high expectations...Thankfully we weren't disappointed.
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Anonymous

April 2018
From Italy

Great

Prenoterermo ancora. Ci siamo trovati bene.
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Anonymous

April 2018
From United States of America

Poor

I had been looking forward to the capuchin crypts but the museum closed early that day so the tour was very rushed; we didn't get a proper tour of that part. The tour should have been scheduled to start earlier. If I had known that would be the case, I would have gone alone. Everything else was fine
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Anonymous

March 2018
From United Kingdom

Excellent

smooth website and experience - will be back
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Anonymous

March 2018
From United Kingdom

Great

Was good and interesting.
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Anonymous

March 2018
From United States of America

Excellent

Went out with Peter, very insightful and knowledgable, would definitely recommend and go out with him again
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Anonymous

March 2018
From Italy

Great

Non me l'aspettavo, è stato una bellissima sorpresa!
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Anonymous

February 2018
From Spain

Great

Llevaba años queriendo ir, ha sido un sueño hecho realidad
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Anonymous

January 2018
From France

Excellent

Site super pratique qui m'a permis de gagner un temps fou sur place.
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Anonymous

January 2018
From Spain

Great

Vale la pena, una buena experiencia a un precio razonable
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Anonymous

January 2018
From France

Excellent

pour toutes les attractions! Merci!
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Anonymous

January 2018
From Spain

Great

Experiencia increíble, hay que disfrutarla una vez en la vida!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

More than excellent from every point of view. Rebecca's special grace in delivering information of high quality and making every member of the group feel unique and special is quite remarkable.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Great

Luca was very well informed and made the tour interesting and fun!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

This was such a good tour! Amanda was great at giving interesting, yet fun information. The catacombs were so neat. I'm so glad we booked and went with Amanda. She was able to answer our questions and made the catacombs "come alive"!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

You can tell she is very passionate about the history of Rome. Was a very engaging storyteller. I wasn't bored at all during the tour. If you're looking for something a little different than the colosseum this one is dark and fun!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Very friendly, easy to understand, you could easily see that she LOVES her job. Had very nice evening.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

Great tour with Ricardo to the Capuchin crypts and the catacombs on the outskirts of Rome. He was very knowledgeable and engaging, and looked after everyone. Would highly recommend this tour as it educates you about a whole different dimension in Rome. I was mesmerized by the incredible artistic patterns made with human bones in the Capuchin crypts, truly a beautiful remembrance to the mother NWS that had passed. We also appreciated the tips offered at the end of the tour.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Excellent

Mike was really knowledgeable and gave great context of the history on various aspects of the tour (how gods were passed on from Greeks to Romans etc etc) which was really interesting, He had a great sense of humour but was repectful and insightful about the reverence of the important burial sights and special bone chapels we visited.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Luca was a wonderful guide! Very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject matter. The tour was so interesting!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Knowledgeable and witty, Australian Andy kept the group engaged with his insights and overall enthusiasm for the history of the city of Rome. The information and sites visited were outstanding!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Excellent

Siriki was awesome. His enthusiasm about the catacombs really showed and made the tour very enjoyable.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Mike was the absolute best guide that I've had in Rome. Knowledgeable and hilarious!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

It was the right length of time with a good pace and blend of commentary. We were fascinated. An excellent tour to do on a hot day!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Great

What a wonderfull tour. Mickaela was excellent. She is dynamic and very knowledgeable about the history af the crypts. She gave us a lot of information with a very personnal touch. Bravo Michaela, you made this tour memorable for us !
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

Very organized and we saw all that we had heard about.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Excellent

You really get to appreciate the lengths that people went to to build, protect and honor their dead. The tour was well planned and Melanie was very enthusiastic. One of the best tours we have been on while in Rome.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

Perfect organization
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Great

Fun and approachable
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

Asha was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable , spoke well with good interaction with the group. We liked the touches of humor as well. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Asha was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable , spoke well with good interaction with the group. We liked the touches of humor as well. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United States of America

Great

Took the time to speak to everyone on the tour and answer any questions! Very knowledgeable and kept the information relevant and interesting. Awesome guide!
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Anonymous

December 2017
From United Kingdom

Great

Rebecca was highly professional, inclusive and sensitive to the needs of the group. Her knowledge was impressive, she was very respectful in her delivery and engagement of the group. It was a privilege being part of the group and being exposed to the history and culture of Rome.
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Anonymous

September 2017
From United States of America

Excellent

Andy was top!
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Anonymous

August 2016
From United States of America

Excellent

What a fabulous tour... ! And our guide Ricardo had encyclopaediac knowledge. The stories he told transported us to the time period he was talking about. Places like the crypts and catacombs have so little information online, that the guide really makes all the difference. We will never forget this tour! Bravo Ricardo
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Anonymous

September 2014
From United Kingdom

Excellent

I loved our guide engaged with us all personally and took us through everything. she was very knowledgeable and talked us through the city as we traveled by coach. i would like you to pass on my wife and I's personal thank you.
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Anonymous

August 2014
From United Kingdom

Great

Our tour guide,*** was amazing\nShe spoke with such passion and enthusiasm about the history of the crypts and catacombs, \nThst we felt that we were living in those times well done ***!!!!
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Anonymous

July 2014
From United Kingdom

Excellent

Excellent tour for young adults and older.
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