Novara, Italy
The Ossuary of Bicocca
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
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Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Rouen, France
An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Waldsassen, Germany
Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Wamba, Spain
One of the largest ossuaries in Spain is packed from floor to ceiling with bones.
Naples, Italy
Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
Oppenheim, Germany
This German bone house contains the remains of some 20,000 souls.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.