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Capela dos Ossos Evora, Portugal The Chapel of Bones "Capela dos Ossos" isdecoratively lined with the skulls, femurs and tibias of thousands of the dead who's remains were ransacked by monks and nuns for the purpose of creating a fearsome monument to religious and soulful purification and mortality. In one corner, the mummified remains of a man and his infant son were supposedly hang from the boned wall as a reminder of fidelity. (detail here) |
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