Sedlec

Sedlec is a small suburb of Kutna Hora, which you can get to in about an hour on the train from Prague.

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Sedlec is not actually a church - it's an Ossuary: a tomb.

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Petr Joesk/Reuters A chandelier made from bones is seen in the Sedlec Ossuary, a Christian chapel beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, in Sedlec east of Prague.

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It is true: Mr. Hasan's work has the same kind of obsessive arrangement as some of the best Kunstkammern, or the Sedlec Ossuary (see below).

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Two of the best examples of these are the ossuary at Sedlec, in the Czech Republic, and the Capuchin Crypt, under Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, a church in Rome.

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Aug. 4th, 2009 at 9:30 AM kaiweilauposted photos of the Sedlec Ossuary in Prague.

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Sedlec holds the remains of many thousands of people over more than seven centuries 'worth of burial.

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Beside this, Sedlec and the Capuchin Crypt, both of whom took centuries to collect their contents, look positively peaceful and merry. at comments

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But my favorite is the ossuary at Sedlec, which has an interesting story you can read here [wiki], and which is all the work of one man, a master woodworker, who was told to "put the bones in order".

Archive 2007-04-01 Heather McDougal 2007

But my favorite is the ossuary at Sedlec, which has an interesting story you can read here [wiki], and which is all the work of one man, a master woodworker, who was told to "put the bones in order".

Awe-Inspiring Ossuaries Heather McDougal 2007