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.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Rouen, France
An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.
Gemeinde Sankt Florian, Austria
The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.
Eggenburg, Austria
Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.
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.
Křtiny, Czechia
Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.
Marville, France
The remains of 40,000 humans, meticulously stacked in a tiny churchyard shed.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
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.
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.
Cologne, Germany
A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
London, England
This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.
Putim, Czechia
The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.