Sunday, September 11, 2011

Behind the great architectural masterpieces of the tombs, churches and chapels in the bones are hidden secrets and stories that we have painted buildings.
1. The chapel of bones in the city of Evora (Portugal)
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Two skeletons hanging next to the crucifix.
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The coffin of one of three lines of three Franciscans.
"Capela dos Ossos" means the chapel of bones, is one of the most famous monuments of the city of Evora, a witness to important historical tourist attraction in the most horrible Spanish. The chapel of bones as part of the royal church, the Franciscans were built in the late 16th century. The design of the chapel is based on bone tunnel designed to San Bernadino alla Ossa remains in the city of Milan (Italy).
Hall of corpses lying beside the Church of St. Francis. The reason for the monks to build such a city because they think that Evora is famous for wealth, yet the material is no denying the presence of death. This is shown clearly in the message above the entrance door of the chapel.
The walls inside the church and the pillars are decorated with skulls and bones of 5,000 monks.Among them is a small white casket by the altar, the bones of three Franciscans - who founded the church in the 13th century.
There are also two dry corpse hanging by a rope hung on the wall next to a crucifix. Their identity remains a mystery, but legend says it was the body of a man's affair and small children - the result of a love affair. Both he and innocent children must receive appropriate punishment from the wife jealous.
2. Chapel of the skull in the city Czermna (Poland)
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Built in 1776, the chapel is also known Batholomew skull named Czazek Kaplica, Czermna city located in Poland, is the brainchild of two monster party Waclaw Tomaszek parish priest and J.Langer.
During 30 years of war, the clash of religions as well as epidemic cholera, famine occurred has killed thousands of people in the region. From the tombs mushroomed in the locality, where two priests lived. And he was excavating the tomb to collect the remains of the past from 1776 to 1804 to build up the memorial prayer for the purpose of the ill-fated victims.
A total of 24,000 skeletons were unearthed, of which 21,000 are skeletons stacked in 16 tomb deep beneath the floor of the building. With the 3000 skull and bones remaining are decorated on the walls and ceiling of the church of St. Batholomew court. They are arranged in different patterns.The two owners are proud of what they do and they see where this is the "sanctuary of silence."
3. Church of San Bernardino ALLE Ossa in Milan (Italy)
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San Bernardino church ALLE Ossa is located in the city of Milan, northern Italy, known for its tomb and a small chapel inside is decorated with skulls and bones. The walls of the chapel is lined with human bones, probably from someone who has died in hospital of the city Brolo, victims of the plague. The rest could come from the cemetery in the 16th century the collection of decorations for the church.
Inside the church is designed in size and decorated octagonal baroque and Rococo style. Includes oil paintings depicting 16th-century image of a living saint.
4. Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome (Italy)
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Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini is a church in Rome. The church was designed by Antonio Casoni and built in 1626, completed in 1631. Today the church is the incumbent Pope Urban VIII.
The most famous church is the tomb for the remains known as the Capuchin Crypt, beneath the church. In 1631 a Franciscan monk was ordered to excavate and move all the remains of the deceased priest Francis at the Institute Via dei Lucchesi to keep here. The priest died from life after life continued to be buried in this tomb.
This is where the monks to prayer and penance every night before bed. Currently, the tomb is divided into five time, keeping the remains of about 4,000 monks. Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini is a unique example shows that not everyone views death as something scary.
The church employs over 4,000 bones of the Capuchin monks arranged an art. A few intact skeletons were definitely on their robes of monks. However, most of the skeleton had been separated and displayed in a separate work of art.
There is an inscription in the church is written in three different languages ​​that: "We used to like you now and you would like us now." This reminds us life is fleeting and then we will die someday.
5. Church of St. Sedlec (Czech Republic)
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Sedlec ossuary is unique, with piles of bones are arranged neatly and meticulously. People are manipulated into decorative furniture such as chandeliers, long-sleeved jacket with skulls and garlands. Located in a small Roman Catholic church under the cemetery, the church of St. Sedlec is probably the place kept the remains of many people around the world to know most.
From the outside, the church is not any different than other Christian churches, even churches are somewhat small and is surrounded by tombs all types and sizes. Originally the church is a place to contain the bones of plague victims and the Hussite religious wars in the late 14th century and early 15th century.
Until 1870, Schwartzenberg family - a family with the local authority has hired renowned sculpture artist František Rint take the skeleton from the vault of the church up and under his hands, all internal Furniture in the church from the chandeliers, flowers surround the door to the symbolic ruins are assembled from more than 40,000 human skeletons. Overall this is a scary church in the world, it's a fascinating tourist destination for tourists who want to try a new feel different.
6. San Francisco Monastery in the city of Lima (Peru)
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Inside the monastery.
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Monastery of St. Francis is located in Lima Peru was completed in 1774 and known for its unique architecture. Monastery of San Francisco boasts a world-famous library and a tomb remains buried beneath the church. Skulls are arranged in a series of concentric circles separated by bone.
The tomb is said to house 70,000 people left to die in Lima and also connected through underground passages to other local churches. The churches and monasteries as part of the historic center of Lima, was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.
7 Catacombs remains Douaumont (France)
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Cellar remains a monument to the French and German soldiers in the bloody battle of Verdun in 1916, with about 230,000 dead and 700,000 wounded. This tomb is the final resting place for unidentified soldiers from both countries who fell in battle.
Inside the tomb of the building, the ceiling and walls cost Chit boards names of French soldiers lost in battle Verdu and among them the names of the soldiers in World War 2.
The architects of this system is grave Léon Azema, Max Edrei, Jacques and Georges Desvalliere Hardy has designed a 46 m tower for a panoramic view of the battlefield. Inside the tower contains a bell with the dead weight of 2 tons, called the Bourdon de la Victoire. At the top of the tower red white lanterns symbolize the dead shine on the battlefield at night.
This tomb containing the remains was officially inaugurated on August 7, 1932 by President Lebrun Abert.

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