10 The Death Masterpiece That Makes The Heart Quiver

New York - book Emipre death of Paul Koudounaris (Thames and Hudson, 2011) provides an overview of some of the bodies of human existence in medieval religious sites, in order to engage in dialogue with those who have died.

With the understanding of dialogue, some European churches and monasteries, and even cited as having a special place in the human skeleton masterpiece.

The following are the 10 places in Europe which became the dead rest in a special place:

1. Holocaust

Tomb Chapel in Otranto, Italy, the cathedral altar and placed on both sides of the skull gold candle stick victims of the 1840 massacre did.
 

The most famous victim Anthony Primaldo, who first lost their heads were cut off the Turkish occupying forces. He fell to the ground without a head upright. Even the buffalo's strength could not move.

Headless body still upright until the last victim was killed.


2. San Martino

The tomb chapel in San Martino Della Battaglia in Italy is home to the remains of the most immaculate. Row by row, column-by-column, a regular human skeleton seemed like books in a library.

Overall, there are 2,619 victims there were only 1,274 Though the skull.
3. Burial St Hilaire

Although not among the most luxurious in the list, funeral St Hilaire in Marville, France, looked beautiful precisely because of its simplicity.

Uniquely, the skulls stored in small cabinets with carvings tombstone.
4. Chapel of Bones Rawhide

Rawhide Bone chapel became part of the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo in Faro, Portugal. The walls and ceilings are composed of bones of the monks of the order Carmel.

The floor was made of the driveway gravestone important people before.
5. Ornate Skull

St. Michael's in Hallstatt, Austria, renowned church writings paint skull.

Almost all of the skull from his wife, who died before, then their skulls deceased spouse decoration man came.

Unfortunately, his wife's bones care who do not really care, so that it remains simple child.
6. Funeral Sedlec

In the Czech Republic Sedelaici cemetery (All Saints Cemetery) is one of the world's most famous bone house.

Not only laid the bones, but even became part of the decor.

One of the most famous photograph is shown in FIG left completely made of human bone candle stick.
7. Virgin.

A woman can be dried in the Virgin Immaculate Pace in Palermo, Italy abbey church basement to be found.

He who brought the bodies of virgin palm leaves held as one symbol of victory.
8. Vincenzo Piccini

Vincenzo Piccini was the only one mummy were paired clothes in Chiesa Dei Morti, part of Buona Morte Monastery in Urbania, Italy.

He was dressed in the cloak of religious orders who had attended and wore a silver badge of death.
9. St Pancratius

St Pancratius bones found in the Church of St. Niklaus in Wil, Switzerland. Formerly, he was paired clothes by the nuns in the late 1600s.

But, in 1777, parts of the skeleton the others arrived at Wil that he then paired harness.
10. St Gratianus

St Gratianus decorated with many jewels and fine fabrics appropriate for a martyr.

He died for his faith known for his bones upright in a cup of blood that had dried up. His body was exhibited in the Basilica Waldsassen in Germany.

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