RITA GINOCCHIO

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THERE IS A BUILDING
WHERE THE BONES OF MONKS ARE STACKED IN
ROWS ACCORDING TO WHAT BONE IT IS, ie, SKULLS, SHIN BONES, ARMS, ETC. MY SISTERS
AND I WANDERED IN THERE LOOKING FOR A BATH-
ROOM NOT EXPECTING WHAT WE WERE SEEING AND
NOW SEVERAL YEARS LATER, I WISH WE HAD BOUGHT
A POSTCARD AS PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN
I TELL THEM. NOW, SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE IS
HEADED TO ITALY (THE SAME TWO TOWNS WE VISITED; FLORENCE AND ROME) AND SHE SID SHE
WOULD TRY TO LOCATE THIS MONASTERY..I THINK
THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS* IF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE
OR KNOW OF THIS BUILDING..PLEASE LET ME KNOW
ABOUT WHERE IT IS LOCATED* THANK YOU

Marilyn

In Rome on Via Veneto is a cappuchin church across from the Hard Rock Cafe and near Piazza Barbarini. It's in the basement of the church. I under stand there's another in Spain. M.

Heidi

I have several postcards from the same place in Rome. There are also bone sculptures in Evora, Portugal, and outside of Prague in the Czech Republic. Creepy, yet fascinating stuff.

Heidi

Actually, the bones in Rome do not all belong to the monks, if my memory serves me correctly. I believe they actually belong to wealthy families of Rome, including the DeMedicis. I can't remember all the details, but that's just an aside.

xxx

Monks are supposed to be celibate

chris

Santa Maria delle Concezione. And they were Capuchin Monks.

Alice Twain

Ther is nother similar chappel in Milano. It is at the church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, not far from Duomo.
http://www.emmedici.com/milano/eottobre.htm

REBUS

OH THE ANKLE BONE CONNECTED TO THE SHIN BONE, THE SHIN BONE CONNECTED TO THE KNEE BONE, THE KNEE BONE CONNECTED TO THE LEG BONE, OH HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD....THEM BONES, THEM BONES, THEM BONES GONNA WALK ABOUT, THEM BONES, THEM BONES, THEM BONES GONNA WALK ABOUT, NOW HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD....

luigi

Hey Rita you likea the bones I got a bone to throw to you

Heidi

I've heard of "Monkey Bones," but not Monk Bones. Maybe Tim Burton can do a remake?

Alice Twain

Rebus:

I believe them bones are me
Some say we're born into the grave

I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile a them bones

Dust rise right on over my time
Empty fossil of the new scene

I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile a them bones

Toll due bad dream come true
I lie dead gone under red sky

I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile a them...
I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile a them...
I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile a them bones

xxx

Send Monk, he'll solve the mystery.

xxxxx

By the way, any good rib joints in Rome?

eater

Yeah I hear that Monk's BBQ and Steak House, over on via Hottasauce has great ribs...

Beth

So glad to know these bones are still there - I saw them in 1960 at a Cappuchian Monastery and do have the postcard to prove it. Don't know where it actually is, other than Rome, because we were taken there by some guys who wanted to show us a good time! And, it was fascinating but macabre.