Czech Catacombs Located about an hour from Prague in the town of Kutná Hora sits Sedlec Ossuary, often referred to as “the bone church”, one of the most interesting and terrifying chapels I’ve ever seen.

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 …

Explore the town of Kutná Hora on this full-day trip from Prague. Take in the sights on the train ride and see top sights like the Sankturin House, the Stone House, and the Plague Column. Get admission to the ghoulish Sedlec Ossuary and the Gothic St. Barbara's Church.

Oct 23, 2024 · In fact, it is nearly as popular as the Paris Catacombs, the largest ossuary in the world, attracting many visitors each year. The origin of this unique chapel is interesting. In the 13th century, an abbot brought back a small amount of earth from Jesus’ burial place and sprinkled the soil over the Sedlec cemetery, making it holy ground.

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Dec 28, 2024 · Inside a typical-looking Gothic church in the Czech Republic lies an underground chapel decorated with over 40,000 human skeletons. Just an hour’s train ride from Prague, you will find the charming...

Oct 26, 2017 · The Gothic church standing in Sedlec near the quaint Czech Republic city of Kutná Hora looks pretty ordinary from the outside, but head into the basement to discover something chilling: Bones...

Feb 3, 2024 · The Czech Republic is known for its unique ossuaries, one of which is the second-largest in the world after the Paris Catacombs. The Sedlec Ossuary In the suburb of Kutná Hora, located in the Czech Republic, stands a unique oddity, the Sedlec Ossuary, or …

Jun 21, 2017 · I spent 3 hours waiting outside the Paris Catacombs, and it was worth every second. I loved it so much, I frantically looked up other ossuaries in Europe I could visit, and The Bone Church (or Sedlec Ossuary) in Kutná Hora very quickly rose to the top of the list.

Even though the ossuary has a large amount of bones, there are only three burial chambers so it takes about 15 minutes to visit. Location: Kutna Hora, Czechia. In a basement chapel below the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Kutna Hora is Czechia’s famous bone …