Gothic chapel on bones
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Gothic chapel on bones

Gothic chapel on bones
Сemetery church of All Saints in Czech town of Kutna Hora. Gothic chapel on bones

Gothic chapel on bones
Ossuary in Sedlec (chesh. Kostnice v Sedlci, cemetery church of All Saints with Ossuary) – Gothic chapel in Sedlec, a suburb of the Czech town of Kutna Hora. Noteworthy, human skulls and bones decorate the chapel. On the decoration of the chapel used about 40,000 human skeletons. In 1278, Henry, the abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Mountains, was sent by the Czech King Otakar II to the Holy Land. He brought back some earth from Golgotha ​​and sprinkled it over the abbey cemetery. The news of this spread, and the cemetery has become a popular burial place of the people of Central Europe. Many thousands of people wanted to be buried in this cemetery. As a result of Medieval wars in the middle of XIV century, epidemics expanded greatly, particularly the epidemic of the Black Death.

Around 1400 in the center of the cemetery was built Gothic cathedral with the tomb
Around 1400 in the center of the cemetery was built Gothic cathedral with the tomb

In 1870, Schwarzenbergs hired a woodcarver named Frantishek Rint, to put in order stacked pile of bones. The result of his work speaks for itself. At the four corners of the cathedral is a huge bell-shaped pile of bones. Besides, from the middle of the nave hangs a huge bone chandelier that contains at least one copy of each of the human bones and decorated with garlands of skulls. Among other works of art can be noted altar, and a large Schwarzenberg coat of arms and signature of master Rint, also from the bones.

The Shrine was to serve as a warehouse of bones recovered from the graves in the cemetery because there was not enough space. Vacant space could be used for new burials or for construction.
According to legend, after the 1511 the removal of the skeletons from their graves and their storage in a tomb made a blind Cistercian monk of the order.

The chapel is open to the public seven days a week, from morning to evening.

Gothic chapel on bones

Gothic chapel on bones
The Shrine was to serve as a warehouse of bones recovered from the graves in the cemetery because there was not enough space. Vacant space could be used for new burials or for construction.
Gothic chapel on bones
According to legend, after 1511 a blind Cistercian monk of the order removed the skeletons from their graves and their storage in a tomb
Gothic chapel on bones
Rebuilt in the 1703-1710 cathedral had new entry and the top in the Baroque style
Gothic chapel on bones
In 1784, the emperor ordered the closure of the monastery. The Schwarzenberg family bought monastery lands and chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
In 1870 Schwarzenbergs hired a woodcarver Frantishek Rint, to put in order he stacked pile of bones. The results of his work speaks for itself. At the four corners of the cathedral is a huge bell-shaped pile of bones. From the middle of the nave hangs a huge bone chandelier that contains at least one copy of each of the human bones and decorated with garlands of skulls
Gothic chapel on bones
Among other works of art- altar, and a large Schwarzenberg coat of arms and signature of master Rint, also from the bones
Gothic chapel on bones
Open to the public seven days a week, from morning to evening
Gothic chapel on bones
Unique Gothic chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
Inside the chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
Cross made of bones
Gothic chapel on bones
Created of skulls and bones chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
Detail of interior
Gothic chapel on bones
Skulls and bones as material for interior
Gothic chapel on bones
Sculpted of skulls and bones
Gothic chapel on bones
Scary chapel decorated with skulls and bones
Gothic chapel on bones
Impressive chapel decorated with skulls and bones
Gothic chapel on bones
The view of Gothic chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
The road to the chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
Famous Gothic chapel in Sedlec
Gothic chapel on bones
Interior, Gothic chapel in Sedlec
Gothic chapel on bones
Decorated with bones, skulls and skeletons Gothic chapel
Gothic chapel on bones
Chandelier made of skulls and bones
Gothic chapel on bones
Made of human remnants interior
Gothic chapel on bones
The details of the interior, all made of human remnants
Gothic chapel on bones
All the details of the interior made of human remnants
Gothic chapel on bones
Skulls. Sedlec

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