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Disturbing photos show the creepy chapel decorated with the bones of over 40,000 HUMAN SKELETONS

The holy building, located in the Czech Republic, is known as the "Bone Church" and comes complete with a chilling backstory to accompany its creepy image

TAKE a look around the chilling interior of an ancient underground chapel decorated with the remains of thousands of people.

The holy building, located in the Czech Republic, is known as the "Bone Church" and comes complete with a chilling backstory to accompany its creepy image.

Thousands of dead people's remains have been put to use decorating the chapel, which sits underneath an ancient burial site
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Thousands of dead people's remains have been put to use decorating the chapel, which sits underneath an ancient burial siteCredit: Alamy
Skulls and body parts can be seen anywhere you look, with the bones bleached to retain their white colour
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Skulls and body parts can be seen anywhere you look, with the bones bleached to retain their white colourCredit: Alamy
The chapel makes use of the residents of a former graveyard, which became full up after a period of war and disease
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The chapel makes use of the residents of a former graveyard, which became full up after a period of war and diseaseCredit: Alamy

The Czech chapel, officially called the Sedlec Ossuary, is built under the grounds of a former cemetery, and makes use of the graveyard's deceased residents to decorate its elaborate interior.

After being founded in the 1200s, the cemetery quickly filled up, and had become the final resting place of over 30,000 people by the 1400s.

Almost every surface features bony remains, with as many as 70,000 people's skeletons being used to decorate the building
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Almost every surface features bony remains, with as many as 70,000 people's skeletons being used to decorate the buildingCredit: Reuters
Even otherwise-normal features have been given a macabre twist, with skulls lying on every statue and monument
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Even otherwise-normal features have been given a macabre twist, with skulls lying on every statue and monumentCredit: Reuters
A goblet made from human bones is one defining feature of the chapel, which is located in the Czech Republic
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A goblet made from human bones is one defining feature of the chapel, which is located in the Czech RepublicCredit: Alamy

Plague victims and fallen soldiers were numbered among the thousands of dead in the Sedlec Cemetery, which was completely full by the end of the 1400s.

With no more room to bury anyone else, all the remains were eventually dug up and moved to the underground chapel, where piles of bones were stacked up in sinister pyramids.

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Until 1870, the heaps of human remains stood piled up in the chapel, before a noble family hired an artist called František Rint to turn the bones into deathly decorations.

Now the remains of over 40,000 people adorn the chapel walls, with the bones of as many as 70,000 deceased Czechs decorating the creepy building, which sits underground the Cemetery Church of All Saints in the picturesque town of Sedlec.

A huge mound of bones still sits in the chapel's corner, as a testament to the days when it stored heaps of bones in spooky mounds
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A huge mound of bones still sits in the chapel's corner, as a testament to the days when it stored heaps of bones in spooky moundsCredit: Reuters
Chains of skulls dangle from the ornate chapel's elaborate ceiling, whilst more bones adorn every surface
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Chains of skulls dangle from the ornate chapel's elaborate ceiling, whilst more bones adorn every surfaceCredit: Reuters
A master artist is responsible for the dark creation, which has become a macabre mecca for tourists
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A master artist is responsible for the dark creation, which has become a macabre mecca for touristsCredit: Alamy

Masterfully-arranged bleached bones cover almost every ornate surface, whilst a chilling chandelier made out of human bones hangs from the chapel's ceiling.

This grand fixture is allegedly made from one copy of every bone in the human body, and forms the creepy centrepiece of the cavernous building.

This disturbing chandelier is made from at least one of every bone in the human body, according to local legend
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This disturbing chandelier is made from at least one of every bone in the human body, according to local legendCredit: Reuters
The ornate interior features skulls and bones on almost every surface, including the ceiling
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The ornate interior features skulls and bones on almost every surface, including the ceilingCredit: Reuters
The ornate building is only made more impressive by the master craftsmanship which went into its bony fittings
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The ornate building is only made more impressive by the master craftsmanship which went into its bony fittingsCredit: Alamy

Other bony fittings include a morbid goblet made from human remains, whilst a huge mound of remains lies piled up in one of the building's dingy corners.

This is certainly a place you really would not want to spend the night in.

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