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Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
2 km · about 5 min drive
Central Bohemia, Czechia · Europe
Sedlec is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Církvice, 50km from Konopiste Castle.
Sedlec is a town located in Central Bohemia, Czechia. With a population of 1,098, it is an important destination in Europe.
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The Sedlec Ossuary (Czech: Kostnice v Sedlci; German: Sedletz-Beinhaus) is a Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints (Czech: Hřbitovní kostel Všech Svatých), part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain theRead more
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 chapel. The ossuary is among the most visited tourist attractions of the Czech Republic, drawing over 200,000 visitors annually.
Four bell-shaped mounds occupy the corners of the chapel. A chandelier of bones, which contains at least one of every bone in the human body, hangs from the center of the nave with garlands of skulls draping the vault. Other works include piers and monstrances flanking the altar, a coat of arms of the House of Schwarzenberg, and the signature of František Rint, also executed in bone, on the wall near the entrance.
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Sedlec is located in Central Bohemia, Czechia, Europe. The coordinates are 49.9639 latitude, 15.2885 longitude.
Sedlec has a population of approximately 1,098 people, making it a town in Czechia.
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UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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