Chapel of Bones

Chapel of Bones

"We bones, are here, waiting for yours."

When Evora, Portugal's two medieval cemeteries filled to overflowing, the Franciscan monks disinterred the bodies and built an ossuary. Over 5,000 remains contributed to the Gothic chapel of bones with its ornately vaulted ceilings and paintings intended to be a place of peaceful meditation.


 * Travel to Evora, Portugal.