Lampa, Peru
Tomb of Enrique Torres Belón
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
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Lampa, Peru
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
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.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Cham, Germany
In 1830, cemetery workers in Cham unearthed a chamber housing thousands of skeletal remains from the 13th century, which can still be viewed today.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.