The chapel of skulls

The chapel of skulls exists in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic.In 1776 a local priest, founded a little church, laying its foundation of a human skull and leg bones. All the bones belonged to victims of the Silesian wars and epidemics.

The building contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons of which were arranged as decorations and furnishings for the chapel.