Church decorated with human bones
The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones. It’s located in Sedlec, which is a suburb in the outskirts of the Czech town Kutna Hora.
The story begins in 1218, when a certain abbot Henry made a pilgrimage to the holy land and brought back a jar full of soil, which he spread over the Church’s cemetery. As a result the cemetery came to be regarded as sacred and turned into a popular burial spot.
By 1318, more than 30,000 bodies were buried there and by 1511, it had become necessary to remove the older bones to make place for the new ones. These later became the material for the macabre creations. In 1870 a local woodcarver was hired by the Duke of Shwartzenberg to decorate the inside of the church with the human remains (approximately 40,000 sets of bones).
It is what I call of ART !!!
Much creative!Posted by on 07/28 at 11:39 PMthats so not cool if i died and was buried there i would be pissed if they dug up my bodie to make room for someone else.
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