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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.
http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/silver_p/kutna-1.html
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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.
http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/silver_p/kutna-1.html
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I'm missing something here. I don't get the point of doing this...especially a "Christian Chapel"?
basically, i think it was a solution what to do with the bones they dug up to make room for new bodies.
jonah
That was along the lines of one of my thoughts, Jonah.
Also:
Christians for many centuries have honored the "relics" (such as pieces of bones) of saints, and still place such relics under altars when dedicating new church buildings, especially the patron saint of the particular church. I wonder if this has anything to do with it.
Paula
the article does say that he scattered earth from the holy land, so who knows what "powers" it gave to those buried there?![]()
This is a frontal view of half of it. At the base of each tall visible window is a smaller window. Through these windows the bones of over 130,000 UNIDENTIFIED soldiers are arranged and displayed and more are found and added every year. The crosses are for the 570,000 identified buried here
http://www.tnovosel.org/greatwargraphics/The%20Ossuary.jpg
One side of ossuary showing the "smaller" windows http://w1.586.telia.com/~u58609152/ossuback.JPG
http://www.tnovosel.org/greatwargraphics/bonesatverdun.jpg
The "artistry" continues there in the Museum itself where a portion of the battlefield is enclosed and with the tranch