Place to see: Kutna-Hora Bone Church, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
The Bone Church of Kutna-Hora by WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN
by WILLIAM ROTHSTEIN. The 13th century Bone Church of Kutna-Hora, located a few miles east of the Czech Republic's capital city of Prague, is a chapel that is literally decorated from flloor to ceiling with the bones of deceased parishoners.
About this place:
Kutna-Hora is a small village located just a few miles east of the Czech Republic's capital city, Prague. Kutna-Hora would be a fairly anonymous town were it not for its bizarre, and some might say macabre attraction, THE BONE CHURCH OF KUTNA-HORA. Built in the 12th Century by monks, the Bone Church, or "Ossuary" had a small cemetary, which over the years, soon ran out of burial space. The monks' solution? Decorate the Church with the bones of deceased parishoners. Soon, it became a status symbol of sorts to have your bones on display at the Church. Today, visitors climb the winding, craggy hill to view this most unusual of places of worship.
Kutná Hora, St?edo?eský Kraj, CZ
Discovered by William Rothstein
on 15 November 2007.
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