Hi friends,
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and how about 70 kilometers east the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, lies a small town called Sedlec.
It might have been an ordinary enough town, if not for its extraordinary church.The inside of this church is decorated with artworks made of real human bones.
The story begins in 1218, when a certain Abbot Henry made a pilgrimage to the holy land and brought back a jar full of soil from cemetery, which he spread over the Church.
As a result the church came to be regarded as more sacred and turned into a popular burial spot .
By 1318, more than 30,000 bodies were buried there and by 1511, it had become necessary to remove the older bones to make place for the new ones.
These later became the material for the macabre creations.
In 1870 a local woodcarver was hired by the Duke of Shwartzenberg to decorate the inside of the church with the human remains (approximately 40,000 sets of human bones).
Now it is one of the most extraordinary church in the whole world....
Boney Church - isn't it morbidly amazing???
Attached are some of the pictures of this Boney Church - its simply astonishing
so check it out.......
tke cre
rekha
From India, Delhi
14Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, and how about 70 kilometers east the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, lies a small town called Sedlec.
It might have been an ordinary enough town, if not for its extraordinary church.The inside of this church is decorated with artworks made of real human bones.
The story begins in 1218, when a certain Abbot Henry made a pilgrimage to the holy land and brought back a jar full of soil from cemetery, which he spread over the Church.
As a result the church came to be regarded as more sacred and turned into a popular burial spot .
By 1318, more than 30,000 bodies were buried there and by 1511, it had become necessary to remove the older bones to make place for the new ones.
These later became the material for the macabre creations.
In 1870 a local woodcarver was hired by the Duke of Shwartzenberg to decorate the inside of the church with the human remains (approximately 40,000 sets of human bones).
Now it is one of the most extraordinary church in the whole world....
Boney Church - isn't it morbidly amazing???
Attached are some of the pictures of this Boney Church - its simply astonishing
so check it out.......
tke cre
rekha
From India, Delhi
Wow!!
I am really stunned right now to say anything. But "wow!"
The creativity of the artist is amazing. Making the inside of a church with human remains. Truly brave, because I am pretty sure I would have had nightmares on my first day of work to the Sedlec Church.
Regards,
Vinisha.
From India,
I am really stunned right now to say anything. But "wow!"
The creativity of the artist is amazing. Making the inside of a church with human remains. Truly brave, because I am pretty sure I would have had nightmares on my first day of work to the Sedlec Church.
Regards,
Vinisha.
From India,
Oh my God....Its something so weird for me. I have never heard about this boney church before. But now that I have seen its pics, I am stunned. Thanks for sharing this. Regards Princy
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
It is something very interesting to know such unbelievable fact.
I agree with Vinisha that we would have got nightmares and before that it would be scary to think of working on such project but Hats-off to the person who thought of doing this.
It is something Unimaginable and Incredible.
Thanks for sharing this article.
From India, Vadodara
I agree with Vinisha that we would have got nightmares and before that it would be scary to think of working on such project but Hats-off to the person who thought of doing this.
It is something Unimaginable and Incredible.
Thanks for sharing this article.
From India, Vadodara
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