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Old Jan 4th, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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Bone Church outside Prague...others?
I've been to the ossuary outside Prague that this article talks about. Are there others like this? I know of the catacombs in Paris but I was thinking more along the lines of this Church with sculptures and such.
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Old Jan 4th, 2008 | 06:19 PM
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Darling, there are skeletons dressed in finery and placed in vitrines on the altar of the chapel of the Loreto Convent in Prague.

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Old Jan 5th, 2008 | 04:47 AM
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In Evora, Portugal, there is a 'Chapel of Bones' at the church of Sao Fransisco. It's absolutely unbelievable.
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Old Jan 5th, 2008 | 05:09 AM
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Santa maria della Concezione in Rome (church of the Capuchian friars with crypt chapels with the bones of the departed) may be of interest to you--have to admit I am not quite sure why you want a list of such churches...
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Old Jan 5th, 2008 | 05:25 AM
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The Capuchin Crypt in Palermo doesn't use bones to make "artwork" but the skeletons and mummies there are arranged by occupation/gender and wearing the clothes they were buried in.
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Old Jan 5th, 2008 | 05:32 AM
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Hallstatt in Austria. When I was there, one small girl picked up one of the skulls!
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Old Jan 5th, 2008 | 06:20 AM
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LOL...picked up one of the skulls! Thanks you guys. I just thought these kinds of churches would be an interesting coffee table book...not that I can afford to see them all right now...but some day. Great suggestions.
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