This ossuary seems to be one of the most ambiguous sightseeings of the Czech Republic. Many tourists rush out of it crying "It's a hellish
place!" in a minute after they came in. But it's not only an ossuary
there but also a Catholic cathedral.
Its history began in the 13th century when the Czech king sent one of
the monks to Palestine. On the way home he took a bag with holy sand
with himself and brought it to his country. Then he strewed the cemetery
near Kutna Hora with it and very soon it became one of the most popular
cemeteries in Europe as everybody wanted to be buried there.
Some time later it became clear there was no empty place anymore and
monks started getting old bones from the ground and storing them in a
chapel.
Everything changed when the lands were passed to the new landowner who
was clever enough to hire a professional designer to turn the chapel
into the beautiful place as it's now.
In the 16th century the monks found a treasure in one of the bone
pyramids. Since that moment tourists have been throwing the coins to the
sanctuary as they believe it will help them to find the treasure as
well.
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