Category: Czech Republic

  • Brno Ossuary holds the remains of over 50 thousand people

    Brno Ossuary holds the remains of over 50 thousand people

    Brno Ossuary is an underground ossuary in Brno, Czech Republic. It was rediscovered in 2001 in the historical centre of the city, partially under the Church of St. James. It is estimated that the ossuary holds the remains of over 50 thousand people which makes it the second-largest ossuary in Europe, after the Catacombs of Paris. The ossuary was founded in the 17th century,…

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  • The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech Republic)

    The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech Republic)

    The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: HĹ™bitovnĂ­ kostel Všech SvatĂ˝ch), part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the…

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