Near the town of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic is a gothic chapel that many say resembles something out of a horror film. The chapel holds the bones of upwards of 70,000 people. And the bones are the chapel’s furnishings and decorations, including things such as a wreath of skulls, and a chandelier made up of every bone in the human body. This is the story of the Sedlec Ossuary - the Church of Bones.

Sources

https://horror-world.com/czech-republic-church-of-bones/

https://sedlecossuary.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary

https://www.sedlec.info/en/

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bones_and_skulls_in_Sedlec_Ossuary_02.jpg

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