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Dem Bones; Churches, Chapels, Ossuaries

Mankind's compulsion for Collection and organisation has always fascinated me.
Here are a few examples of creative collections utilising corporeal leftovers...


Kaplica Czaszek (Skull Chapel) - Saint Bartholomew's Church
Czermna, Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel,_Czermna


Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones)
Evora, Portugal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capela_dos_Ossos


Convento de San Francisco (Saint Francis Monastery)
Lima, Peru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_San_Francisco,_Lima


Kostnice v Sedlci (Sedlec Ossuary)
Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary
https://imagesofatourist.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/sedlec-ossuary-kutna-hora-czech-republic/


Kostnice v Mělníku (Mělník Ossuary) - Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla (Saint Peter and Paul's Church)
Mělník, Czech Republic
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/melnik-chapel-bones


Cripta de los Capuchinos - Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Church of Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins)
Rome, Italy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Concezione_dei_Cappuccini
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_Crypt


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