New Life Goal: Visit The Sedlec Ossuary

I stumbled upon this link off of the Meathaus Art Collective's website (A fantastic site in its own right!)

But this isn't about Meathaus. This is about the Sedlec Ossuary. A Christian chapel located in the Czech Republic where (according to the website) it became quite stylish to be buried towards the end of the 13th Century when an abbot journeyed to the Holy Land and returned with a jar of dirt that he spread over the chapel's graveyard, which gave the graveyard "sacred land" status. People from all over Europe would travel to the chapel to be buried. The ossuary was built to house the bones gathered from abolished graves to make room for new "customers".

The site linked to above has several galleries filled with pictures of the ossuary. It is truly a bizarre site to behold. The bones have been arranged in decorative fashion throughout the building in several ghoulish and intriguing forms. Some bones have been organized into the shape of a giant chalice. Others have been arranged into a coat of arms. It's truly a must-see. I would love to visit the site in person. I can't imagine what a freakish experience it must be.