Church of Bones, Prague

[ForceUser]

Cool or creepy?

The Church of Bones

I can't decide. Definitely one of those "truth is stranger than fiction" things.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I haven't been to that one, but the Capuchin Church in Rome is pretty macabre too

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Cool *and* creepy! Hmmm... maybe our characters in the 1880's game that I'm playing can visit....

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I don't know if it's either cool or creepy. I've got a skewed perspective on it, as my archaeology professor in college did quite a bit of research at that church, and I saw photos and drawings of it many, many times in classes and in his office. It's definitly interesting, though.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Interesting. It looks like something that could be used as a temple to a god of undeath/necromancy in a D&D campaign.

 

[Staffan]

Interesting. It looks like something that could be used as a temple to a god of undeath/necromancy in a D&D campaign.

I seem to remember that it was used for shooting parts of the first D&D movie.

 

[mythusmage]

From what I heard, the church came about because an old graveyard had filled up, been abandoned, and later scheduled for development. So they had (literally) tons of bones they needed to dispose of. And nobody would take all that calcium phosphate.

Not even ground up as fertilizer.

Then somebody had a bright idea. Why not use the bones as building material? And what better than a church built out of bones? Be a constant reminder of those who came before, and who have passed on to God's Kingdom.

Also serves as a reminder of our transience.

 

[kenobi65]

Somehow, I missed this one when I was in Prague (and, I felt like our tour hit every church in Central Europe). Creepy.

 

[DarrenGMiller]

Here is a link to the official site.

DM

 

[BOZ]

my vote is for cool and creepy.