Sedlec Ossuary Column Photo Art, Skull Bone Church

This is a professionally shot photograph taken inside the world famous bone church of Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (taken with... more

by Sedlec Ossuary Project

Title

Sedlec Ossuary Column Photo Art, Skull Bone Church

Artist

Sedlec Ossuary Project

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

This is a professionally shot photograph taken inside the world famous bone church of Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (taken with permission from the Roman Catholic Parish of Kutna Hora).

Proceeds from sales will help us continue our projects, raising awareness and preservation of this amazing ossuary, and historical site for the future.

The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel, including an enormous chandelier of bones, which contains at least one of every bone in the human body, and hangs from the center of the nave with garlands of skulls draping the vault. In 1995, the Sedlec Ossuary and the Historical Town Centre of Kutna Hora were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Sedlec Ossuary Project is a passion project dedicated to preserving the history and unique artistic inspiration of this incredible chapel.

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February 20th, 2021