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[scottobear]

Church decorated with the bones of its' past parishioners.

"The Sedlec Ossuary (a.k.a. Kostnice) 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. In 1996 I visited the place and fell madly in love with it. "

Ossuaries were quite common in the old world. Before frequent cremation was partially accepted a lot of communal graveyards had serious space problems even on a base of natural moribundity.
Add some famine or plague and you'd better start stacking. (Not to mention people wanting the pole position for doomsday.)


Odd dreams last night… a lot of movement and travel. There were many sensations of high speeds and if not flight, a sideways plummet. Swift Free-fall. I don't recall a vehicle. Gadzooks... Speaking of movement, this morning blasted past. Off to work! Until Later, dear journal.

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Sedlec Ossuary

[(Anonymous)]

I went to the ossuary last month and must say, it's a creepy place. 40,000 bones arranged in the most fascinating patterns! I highly recommend people go and check this place out if they're in Bohemia. To make art out of death is certainly nothing new, but within the setting of this little gothic chapel basement... just stunning.
I found a good site with 60 high-quality pictures of the display and the church from the outside. It's at

http://www.slackertravel.com/fpe/pictures/Czech_Republic/Sedlec/sedlecthumbs.html

Actually, the whole site is cool for armchair travelers who want to see a ton of pictures and read stories of other travelers.

Good stuff!

Re: Sedlec Ossuary

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

very neat! thanks for sharing it!