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The centerpiece chandelier in the Sedlec ossuary stands 2.6 meters tall and 2.25 meters in diameter, with eight arms arching gracefully from its main suspended column. Can you guess how much it weighs? . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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"Once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up." - Leonardo da Vinci . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . #davinci #leonardodavinci . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or macabre due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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The only known information about František Rint is that he was a wood carver and designer by trade, and originated from the town of Ceska Skalice near the Polish/Czech border. During this time, Rint lived at the ossuary with his family, and never left until his work on the interior decorations were complete. And in the style of a true artist, he signed his name and home town, written in bones, on the ossuary wall. . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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The Sedlec Ossuary is now reopened for your visit. Have you purchased your ticket online yet? www.sedlec.info . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.” - Haruki Murakami . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . #Murakami . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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The Sedlec Ossuary is now reopened for your visit. Have you purchased your ticket online yet? www.sedlec.info . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.” -Jonathan Safran Foer . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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At the end of each arm on the ossuary's chandelier centerpiece, are candle cups made from a ring of pelvic bones, topped with a skull and candle, and adorned at the tip with a prism made from the end of a femur bone. . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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In 2014, a decision was made to start long-term renovations on the entire premises. This included dismantling all of Rint's decorations, one by one, and meticulously cleaning and petrifying them using a limewater bath process, and then carefully reassembling them again with new steel support structures. The renovation process is still on-going today. . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." -Herman Melville . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . #Melville . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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Architect Jan Blažej Santini adorned these three-sided columns with decorative, carved, wooden and metallic elements to contrast the rich tones of the painted faux marble. These are detailed baroque-styled candleholders, each holding a skull & bones, that rise up along the whole column height. #santini . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
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Shown here is one detail from the Schwarzenberg Coat of Arms, commemorating the conquest of the Turkish-held fortress of Győr in 1598. A raven pecks out the eye of a Turk, and if you look closely, you will notice that the skull has a "ponytail" that depicts the typical Turkish hairstyle of that time. Perhaps he hasn't had a haircut in a while, due to being in quarantine? . 💀 Sign up on our mailing list for exciting special announcements! 💀 ☩ sedlecossuary.mechanicalwhispers.com ☩ ☩ Or through link in bio. ☝️ ☩ . . . . . . The #SedlecOssuary #bonechurch is part of the #UNESCO World Heritage town of #KutnaHora in the #CzechRepublic that is entirely decorated with human #skulls and #bones in a stunning display of #mementomori . Our #SedlecOssuaryProject is dedicated to preserving the #inspiration of this incredibly unique #historicallandmark . Follow the official Sedlec Instagram accounts @sedlec.info @kostnice_sedlec and @katedrala_sedlec . . This #ossuary (or #kostnice ) is located an hour east of #Prague in #Czechia . This #landmark is famously known as the #churchofbones because of the extensive use of #skeleton #humanbones to decorate the inside of this #unusual #church . It is also an important structure because of its #architecture and the ongoing #historicpreservation efforts. . Those who #travel here to #experience it in person, may find it #creepy or #macabre or even #morbid due to the heaviness of #death contained within. But it is actually a very peaceful and pious place, intended to remind us to live our life to the fullest. . #MechanicalWhispers @Mechanical_Whispers_Art @VodaZNY @UNESCO @visitkutnahora @visitczech
