Revenki's photos with the keyword: Ossuary

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 86
The place looked a lot smaller from the outside. The ossuary proper is the basement to this building, with the entry in the lower, white building to the left.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 97
The Schwarzenberg coat of arms, with one of the bone pyramids in the background.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 100
The famous bone chandelier. Regrettably, having no tripod, I wasn't able to get very good pictures of the massive bone pyramids in the corners of the ossuary.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 83
The Schwarzenberg coat of arms, with one of the bone pyramids in the background.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 91
Vaulting with skull-and-bone garlands over the entrance.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 106
The famous bone chandelier.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 108
"Now, now...human skulls are not for baby to play with!"

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 102
The famous bone chandelier at the center of the ossuary, which is reputed to contain at least one of every bone in the human body.