It's a real-life chapel that looks like the set of the Pirates of the Caribbean.

The spine-tingling Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic is estimated to hold the remains of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, many of whom died in the plague in 1318 and during the Hussite Wars in the 15th century.

Known as the 'Skull Church,' the macabre building contains bodies that have been dismembered, de-fleshed and reassembled into decorative features including a bone chandelier and chalices and even a family crest constructed from human remains.
Situated under the Cemetery Church of All Saints it features skull bunting artfully draped between beams, two large chalices, four baroque candelabras, six pyramids and candleholders - all made with bone.

The centrepiece chandelier comprises of almost every bone in a human body, including seven arms formed from vertebrae, with candle-mounted skulls.

The unusual design is said to represent a seven-headed beast, reminiscent of prophecies from the Book of Revelation in the Bible.

Unsurprisingly, the 'Skull Church' has a history as chilling as its unconventional decoration.

Baroque period bone-chandelier in the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Chapel beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec

The skeletons are said to have originally been buried at the church cemetery, which was shut at the end of the 15th century.

Following this, the dug-up bones were moved to the chapel and positioned in pyramids.

In 1870, local wood carver František Rint of Česká Skalice was tasked with the job of artfully arranging the bones and skulls into creative decorations.

In order to create a uniform look for his chilling building blocks, each skull was carefully bleached until it reached the desired colour


The ossuary contains the remains of about 40 000 people and the current arrangement of bones dates from 1870

Not for the faint-hearted, the ossuary features two large chalices, four baroque candelabras, six pyramids and candleholders - all made with bone

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Church?

I guess afonja skull miners were their major supplier.....

And I learnt the church will be renovated later this year.,meaning more skull mining in afonja land..

A church for cultists

emmalexabl:
I guess afonja skull miners were their major supplier.....

And I learnt the church will be renovated later this year.,meaning more skull mining in afonja land..

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I like

Church Lalasticlala come and see o

Wow, this should be a museum, not a church.