Buried in the church

Kenneth from California describes a church in Malta with pictures:

It's got all the old world decadent stuff. What I'd like to draw your attention to is the floor: See all that marble? Those nice neat boxes are actual grave sites. Folks got buried in the church. Of course, not your every day 18th century Maltese Peasant, mind you. You had to be a bishop or a general, or, in later years, a merchant of some import to grab a spot where you'd be stepped on by pious people forever. It's a great way to up your Mass attendance. What we shall see is that these folks didn't exactly share our current ideas about what was appropriate grave maker decor...