The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých), part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a …

The Capela dos Ossos (English: Chapel of Bones) is one of the best-known monuments in Évora, Portugal. It is a small interior chapel located next to the entrance of the Church of St. Francis. The Chapel gets its name because the interior walls are covered and …

The Sedlec Ossuary is nothing spectacular on the outside. It is a small chapel in Sedlec, in the suburbs of Kutna Hora, in the Czech Republic. You would think that it is just an average old medieval Gothic church. Thus, it is also known as the Church of Bones or the Bone Church.

2015年11月14日 · There is a Church of San Francisco found in the Portuguese city of Évora, 140 km (87 miles) from Lisbon. Inside this church, next to the cloister of the former Franciscan monastery, in the place where the monks' cells were once located, is the frightful “Capela dos Ossos” (Chapel of Bones.)

2017年10月26日 · Tragically beautiful, the Sedlec Ossuary is decorated with human bones that were bleached and carved. Visit, if you dare.

2025年3月10日 · In this guide, I’ll give you the details on three bone chapels in the Alentejo that you can visit today! What are Bone Chapels and Why were they Built? These chapels were built between the 16th and 18th centuries, a period when overcrowded cemeteries forced monks and church leaders to find new ways to store human remains.

The Capela dos Ossos (transl. Chapel of Bones) is an ossuary chapel in Faro, Portugal, which belongs to the 18th century Carmelite church, Nossa Senhora do Carmo. Above the entrance, there is the following inscription:

2024年10月28日 · The Capuchin Crypt and other bone chapels certainly ask us to gaze at our mortality. But they also invite us to grapple with the mysterious, beautiful promise of resurrection. The Capuchin Crypt is filled with signs and symbols of hope. The source of light, the bone chandelier, is in the center of an eight-pointed star.

2009年10月25日 · With its big windows and light-filled sanctuary, the ossuary in Faro may be one of the cheeriest buildings made of human bones you'll encounter.

2024年1月12日 · The Kutná Hora bone chapel – most widely known as the Sedlec Ossuary – is located in the Roman Catholic parish of Sedlec, around 2 km north-east of the historic town centre of Kutná Hora The church’s official title is the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, and it was part of Sedlec Monastery