Back in the late 1890s, the church at Kutna Hora gave the OK to a local woodcutter to get creative with the bones of 40,000 people buried there. The result is a fantastical array of weird bone sculptures, including a chandelier featuring every bone in the human body. Kutna Hora is 66 kilometres from Prague and makes a nice day trip, but pick your train carefully so you don't endure too many stops.
Photos by Jody Paterson
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Bone Church, Kutna Hora
Back in the late 1890s, the church at Kutna Hora gave the OK to a local woodcutter to get creative with the bones of 40,000 people buried there. The result is a fantastical array of weird bone sculptures, including a chandelier featuring every bone in the human body. Kutna Hora is 66 kilometres from Prague and makes a nice day trip, but pick your train carefully so you don't endure too many stops.
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- Jody Paterson
- I've been an observer of the BC scene since 1982, first as a journalist for 22 years and then from inside the non-profit sector and almost 5 years of work in international development in Central America
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