Evora - Capella dos ossos (Chapel of Bones) - Copyright Carlo Alberto Alessi & Monica Di Carlo 2008

ANCHE QUESTO TUO ALBUM PORTOGHESE E' STUPENDO! DEVO SEMPRE CERCARE LE MIE VECCHIE FOTO DEL VIAGGIO DI NOZZE 1974! PERO' COI MURATORI PER CASA, NON TROVO PIU' NULLA O QUASI!DOPO LE FERIE MI METTERO' ALL'OPERA E VEDRO' DI TROVARLE PER SCANNERIZZARLE!CIAO MONICA ANGELA

said MICIOLINA93 2 months 11 days ago

What a fabulous and extraordinary album. Very interesting my friend to see this large of bones there in this place and all belong to the monk.

said bounajoe 2 months 26 days ago

The Capela dos Ossos was built in the 16th century by a Franciscan monk who, in the Counter-Reformation spirit of that era, wanted to prod his fellow brothers into contemplation and transmit the message of life being transitory. This is clearly shown in the famous warning at the entrance Nós ossos que aqui estamos pelos vossos esperamos (“We bones here, for yours await”). The lugubrious chapel is formed by three spans 18.7 meters long and 11 meters wide. Light enters through three small openings on the left. Its walls and eight pillars are "decorated" in carefully arranged bones and skulls held together by cement. The ceiling is made of white painted brick and is painted with death motifs. The number of skeletons of monks was calculated to be about 5000, coming from the cemeteries that were situated inside several dozen churches. Some of these skulls have been scribbled with graffiti. Two desiccated corpses, one of which is a child, dangle from a chain.

said dcrrld 3 months 3 days ago