Sentences with phrase «bone ossuary»
Well connected to the capital by trains and buses, Kutná Hora is home to the Bone Ossuary that dates back to the 14th century.
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Each family tomb only had so much room, and so when a body had decomposed, the bones would be put into a stone box called an Ossuary, and the names of the people would often get inscribed on to the box so that descendants would know whose bones were inside the box.
It bids us plunge into the depths of Christianity's harrowing sublimity — into, that is, our ossuaries encrusted with bone, our catacombs whose chambers ancient hymns once filled.
How much do you know about Christianity and the Sediec Ossuary church built of human bones?
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No visit to Kutna Hora is complete without stopping at the Sedlec Ossuary (better known as «the bone church»), a short distance from the main town center.