Memento Mori in Czechia

Discover 6 places to experience unusual memento mori in Czechia.

"Ecce mors" ("Behold death") in bones

Melnik, Czechia

Melník Chapel of Bones

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Putim Ossuary

Putim Ossuary

The mystery of the Putim Ossuary involves a tricorn hat.

The mummified forearm

Prague, Czechia

The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

The bones are artfully displayed.

Prague, Czechia

St. Valentine’s Shoulder Blade

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

(Empire de la Mort)

Křtiny, Czechia

Křtiny Ossuary

Mysterious painted skulls in Moravia.

Prague, Czechia

Jan Palach Memorial

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

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