Sedlec Ossuary

Sedlec Ossuary, also known as the bone church is the one thing my second oldest wanted to do on vacation. She loves all things spooky and Halloween-esq. This church did not disappoint, it was surprisingly breath takingly beautiful and not creepy at all.
The Roman Catholic church is built under the Cemetery Church of All Saints. During the crusades, a priest went to the Holy Land. While there he got some dirt from Golgatha and spread it around the grounds of the church, thus the church became holy land. Many people from all over  Central Europe including Turkey and Hungry wanted to be buried there.
After a few centuries, the cemetery became overfilled,so bones of 40,000 to 70,000 people were dug up and stacked in the chapel. The decorating of the chapel was done by a half bling monk.

The spires have skulls and cross

bones

The church is starting to tip, so the foundation

is being reinforced. As they do this, archaeologists

are digging up more bones.

Bones were cleaned and bleached before

being put into the church

Many of the bones belong to people who

died during the Black Plague.