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Hearts and Bones

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MUG links today to a page devoted to an ossuary near Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is part of a monastery in the town of Sedlec. During the Middle Ages, dirt from the Holy Land was sprinkled on the graveyard behind the chapel, and it became a popular place to be buried.

Unfortunately, space became limited as the Black Death tore through Europe. So, in the early 1500s, one of the monks built an ossuary with the bones from the graveyard.

Several hundred years later when the ossuary and monastery were purchased by the Schwartzebrg family, the interior of the chapel was decorated more creatively with bones, including the famed chandelier which contains every bone in the human body. The interior is wall-to-wall with skulls, femurs, and everything else in between.

In other words, it's not an ideal first-date location.

[Image via bflickr/Flickr]

Related Links:
·   Frisco's Kutna Hora Page