Sunday 4 April 2010

Beinhaus


Another Karner/Beinhaus/Charnel House/ossuary, this one with over 600 painted skulls.
Located in Halstatt, Austria, which makes the UNESCO world heritage list.
See here.

More to see here. Why isn't there an English wiki entry?

Here is a good list of global ossuaries, including

Chapel of Skulls, Czermna, Poland

Brno Ossuary, Brno, Czech Republic

and

Skull Tower of Niš, Serbia

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