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The Sedlec Ossuary ( Kostnice Sedlec) is a Roman Catholic Church in Sedlec, The Czech Republic, famous for its unusual, organic decorations.
Unlike other churches that like to use religious paintings and religious jewelery as decorations, this one uses between 40,000 and 70,000 human bone. Built especially as an ossuary in 1400, the macabre decorating started in 1870 when the Schwarzenberg family hired a woodcarver to arrange all the heaps of bones in order. You can see the result in the photos, but just so u know, there are 4 giant bell-shaped mounds in each corner of the chapel, an enormous chandelier which contains at least one of every bone in one’s body in the center of the chapel, and a signature of the artist, executed in bone, of course, and other “works of art”.
May 29, 2008
Wow, really brings out the death-cult aspect of Christianity. No doubt what’s really happening on the cross in this church!
May 30, 2008
Whoa this would be a really cool Mortal Kombat level!!!
May 31, 2008
i wouldn’t die to go there HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that was a joke
May 31, 2008
photoshopped
June 1, 2008
Hey, it is not a photoshop!!!! If you want, you can come to Czech Republic and you can see it!!!You can see also other ossuary near Prague in Mělník. It is smaller but very interesting too.
June 2, 2008
@Rustybag: I totally agree. This would be a badass level indeed.
But wow, the level of detail in this is outstanding.
June 9, 2008
This is mind-blowing.
I love it. Very creative. I wonder how many of these bones may have been collected from war captives, criminals, or other prisoners.
August 6, 2008
I don’t think I would want to worship (or anything else) under all em bones.
September 1, 2008
You people are ignorant.
This was from the times of the black plague when people were dropping like flies.
I think this is beautiful.
September 2, 2008
I agree with Reuben ! ! !
September 2, 2008
I’ve been there and it was awesome and creepy at the same time.
To the people who think there are actually services going on there: the church has been a ‘monument’ for ages; there’s not even any room for services.
A must see when you’re visiting Prague for a few days.
September 3, 2008
is this all really human bones or is part of it fake?
October 20, 2008
it is real! I grew up in the Czech Republick. When I was about 10 yrs old, my mom and I spent a weekend afternoon there. It creeped me out and still does. The bones do come from all the villagers who died in there during the black plague as well as the bones of the burried dead. You must experience this for yourself…When you walk inside it feels like a cave- the smell, the cold damp feel of it will make you shiver.
Speaking for myself…the worst part was seeing the skulls of newborn babies…
Personally I think the artist had some serious issues…
November 11, 2008
urmom what the **** is your problem you think this is photoshopped you obviously don’t have a life and can’t see something beautiful unless it is made by a program you can trust somethings in life get out of your tiny dark bedroom and see the world for what it really is beautiful and unpredictable. also more often then not darker then you could possibly imagine.
i love this church and it’s history
November 27, 2008
I have been to that church 3 years ago. It is a unique experience…It’s not fake, the bones are real and a lot of history lies behind the building and the family…
It may be creepy for some people, but once inside you cannot but think about the balance between religion, spirituality, death and living soul…