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Found one in Poland as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel EDIT: and in Portugal https://www.ancient-or
by 988747 4y ago
Found one in Poland as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel
EDIT: and in Portugal https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/story-behind-frightening-chapel-bones-portugal-004540 https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/story-...
And in Czech Republic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary
And in Peru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_and_Convent_of_San_Francisco,_Lima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_and_Convent_of_San_Fr...
And another list with 40 entries: https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/definitive-guide-to-ossuaries-crypts-and-catacombs https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/definitive-guide-to-ossua...
- hef19898 4y agoThe crypts under Stefans Dom in Vienna are well worth a visit. To cite a kid during my visit: "Is grand pa looking like thatvas well now?" Also, there are the Parus catacombs.
- ginko 4y agoIf you're in Vienna you could also check out the Michaelergruft.
- tinglymintyfrsh 4y agoParis, I hope. There's a bag at the exit for visitors to return "souvenirs" if they change their mind.
- hef19898 4y agoOf course Paris... my fat fingering seems to get worse with age...
- LawnGnome 4y agoI've been to the Portugese Chapel of Bones in Évora. The two things that really struck me were the sheer size of it — I expected a tiny room, and instead it was a decently sized chapel — and how every skull essentially looked the same. A stark reminder of how similar we all are in the end.