? The Ossuary Church in the Czech Republic is located about 70km southeast of Prague. There is a small town called Kutna Hora. This small town. It became famous for its silver mines in the 13th century. This place developed rapidly because of the mining of silver mines. It competed with Prague to become the most important city in Bohemia.
Today it is a charming medieval town with several fascinating historical sights and was named a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995. Although the town is not big, it has several world-famous attractions. The Bone Church is one of the most representative must-see places. There are many ossuaries around the world. But it is rare to find a Czech ossuary that is so large and majestic.
According to legend, a local missionary went to Jerusalem in the 13th century and brought back a bag of holy soil. Scattered in the cemeteries surrounding the monastery. The power of holy soil is infinite. And it was regarded as a miracle. Therefore, the surrounding nobles and gentry regard this place as a blessed land or even a staircase to the sky. After death, many people chose this place as their burial place. As a result, the local area became a geomantic treasure, and the cemetery became larger and larger.
? The Black Disease in the 14th century and the religious wars of John Hus in the 15th century. The land of Bohemia has become charcoal. Pious missionaries chose to bring them here for burial. Later, the wealthy Schwarzenberg family purchased the land and church in 1870. And on a whim, he hired carpenters to decorate the church. Carpenters have a professional flair for geometric figures. The most indispensable thing here is human bones, so I thought of using bones to decorate the church. So there was this bone church. It is better to say that this is a church than a human bone museum.