Revenki's photos with the keyword: Sedlec

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 133
The place looked a lot smaller from the outside. The ossuary proper is the basement to this building, with the entry in the lower, white building to the left.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 169
The Schwarzenberg coat of arms, with one of the bone pyramids in the background.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 171
The famous bone chandelier. Regrettably, having no tripod, I wasn't able to get very good pictures of the massive bone pyramids in the corners of the ossuary.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 143
The Schwarzenberg coat of arms, with one of the bone pyramids in the background.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 149
Vaulting with skull-and-bone garlands over the entrance.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 182
The famous bone chandelier.

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 182
"Now, now...human skulls are not for baby to play with!"

Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary

03 Jul 2007 168
The famous bone chandelier at the center of the ossuary, which is reputed to contain at least one of every bone in the human body.