All Landmarks in Kutná Hora

The Sedlec Ossuary is a Roman Catholic chapel located beneath a cemetery church in Kutna Hora, a small town just outside of Prague. It is one of 12 world heritage sites in the Czech Republic. Unassuming on the outside, upon entering the ossuary, visitors are confronted with the varied arrangement of over 40,000 human bones. The cemetery became a desirable site for for burial among most of Central Europe in 14th century after Henry, the abbot of Sedlec, returned from the Holy Land and sprinkled a handful of earth from Golgotha over the cemetery of the Sedlec monastery. An entry fee is charged to visit the ossuary.