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http://bbs.home.news.cn/2011-09/08/c_121986103.htm

实拍用人骨装饰的教堂

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　　人骨教堂位于布拉格以东约70公里一个叫做Kutna Hora的小镇上，确切地说，这是一座用人骨装饰的教堂。由于14世纪的一场黑死病和１５世纪的战争，在一块只有3500平方米的空地上，竟出现了3万多个坟墓。为了解决墓园容纳的不足，15世纪特意兴建一座礼拜堂来容纳百多年来荒废的遗骨，到了16世纪开始有教士把骸骨搬进教堂，并堆成金字塔状。由于骸骨实在太多，后来有人索性把一部分人骨充当装饰素材，造就了人骨教堂的诞生。（文字部分摘自网络）

 

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There is another one in Portugal, in the southern town of Evora. Because it is a small chapel, it is a lot more eerier.

Capela dos Ossos (You have to pay an entrance fee to get in)

The purpose of the Chapel is made clear by a poem, written by Father Antonio da Ascencao, that hangs from one pillars:

Where are you going in such a hurry traveler?
Pause... do not advance your travel;
You have no greater concern
Than this one: that on which you focus your sight.

Recall how many have passed from this world,
Reflect on your similar end,
There is good reason to reflect
If only all did the same.

Ponder, you so influenced by fate,
Among all the many concerns of the world,
So little do you reflect on death;

If by chance you glance at this place,
Stop... for the sake of your journey,
The more you pause, the further on your journey you will be.

(translated by Rev. Carlos A. Martins)