Comments on: Strange Geographies: Portugal’s Bone Chapel

By: Barrett

Barrett — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:37:16 +0000

This place was incredible! I visited in 2003. Creepy, yet fascinating. The whole focus was on death and the purpose was for the viewer to understand the absolute finality of death. Once realizing the power of death, knowing that Christ overcame death and now lives is even more glorifying. Now that is a different way to look at it.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:13:39 +0000

Oh my goodness.. That’s so strange and freaky..

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:08:20 +0000

Cool pictures! I’d love to find out more about this chapel.

By: Chillidog

Chillidog — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:23:04 +0000

Fantastic place – I was in there in 2008:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chilli-dog/2857582474/in/set-72157607267648125/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chilli-dog/2857584116/in/set-72157607267648125/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chilli-dog/2857586236/in/set-72157607267648125/

By: Slatts

Slatts — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:52:55 +0000

What a great idea! I’d love my bones to be used in a ossary for decoration. OK that one you showed is a bit depressing but the Czech one is OK.
Here is a panarama of it
http://www.360cities.net/image/sedlec-ossuary-kutna-hora-the-bone-church.

By: Elijah

Elijah — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:58:27 +0000

@tuga: re: heretics: source please?

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:41:03 +0000

Yes, churches here seem to take human suffering to a whole new level. They are not however much different from the rest of roman catholic europe xD

Ok so the literal translation of the entrance sentence maybe is missing a bit of meaning to it since its from medieval portuguese, but I guess its the best translation that can be done.

“One thing I learned in Portugal: everything interesting that happened in Portugal happened in the 16th century”
gee thanks :( … we do like our antient empire but there is also much more than that! xD

By: schroder

schroder — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:36:56 +0000

This chapel was build because all graveyards in Ã‰vora were full, not because some crazy monk remember to freak people. If you go there, it’s all but creepy, it’s a bit “theatrical” in my opinion, you simply don’t realize that you’re surrounded by what used to be thousands of people! :P

By: Sean Nieuwoudt

Sean Nieuwoudt — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:38:54 +0000

ahhh yes, the idiotic things people do in the name of religion!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:04:12 +0000

So, Ana Gomes is the equivllent to John Doe then :/
People back then had a very different view on morbidism, hu.