Sedlec Ossuary

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Sedlec Ossuary, located in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, is a small Roman Catholic chapel beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints. This unique and macabre site is renowned for its interior, which is artistically adorned with the bones of an estimated 40,000 to 70,000 individuals. The ossuary was created in the 16th century when a half-blind monk began stacking bones into pyramids. In 1870, a local woodcarver named František Rint was employed to put the bone heaps into order, resulting in the creation of intricate bone chandeliers, coats of arms, and other decorative elements.

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