Kutna Hora - The Bone Church

Probably the biggest highlight of the week in Prague was a visit to the Kutna Hora bone church. The chuch, in a town about an hour out of town, became a sacred site about a thousand years ago, when some soil from the holy land was scattered. From then on, people wanted to be burried at the site and body's came from miles around. They however, ran out of room, and bones began to stack up. After a while there were the remains of 40,000 people. In 1870, a woodcarver was commissioned to "decorate" the church with the bones. Among the structures are 4 large pyramids (basically stacks) of bones, while the highlights were a family crest and chandeleer...all made from bone.

It was creepy I'll give you that, but perhaps not as creepy as I thought it would be - what does that say about me??

I think its one of those things that is definately worth a look, but if anyone is going I'll let you know, it gets old a bit quick, and you seem to spend most of your time travelling there and back....