Kutná Hora, including St. Barbara Cathedral & Cemetery Chapel with Ossuary

Today we headed off to Kutná Hora, a town (about an hour from Prague) with its historical town center listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. After another Czech lunch feast, we stopped at the famous Cemetery Chapel with Ossuary (a place to keep the bones of the dead) which was built during the late 14th century. The unique interior of the cemetery chapel contrasts its simple exterior design. Inside the chapel, we saw bones intricately made into a massive chandelier, as wall moldings and other decorations. These bones were estimated to come from the 40,000 people who died during the epidemic in the 14th century and during the Hussite wars early in the 15th century.

I think some of us felt a wee bit of a "creepy feeling," seeing the piles of bones, though we couldn't help but admire the creativity of the artist, Czech wood carver František Rint, with the skeletal art work and arrangement, particularly the elaborate Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms.