Kutná Hora

I went to a small town call Kutna Hora. There is a Sedlec Ossuary (Kostnice v Sedlci) or a small Roman Catholic chapel. This place is listed as one of the twelve World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic.

Inside the church, it is estimated to have between 40,000 and 70,000 skeletons of people, whose bones have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.

 It's not a huge chapel, but all of the bones are kinda interesting.

 There is a giant coat of arms made of bones,

 skull garland lining the place, 

and a giant chandelier in the center that contains at least one of every bone in the human body.

My favorite part was this cool skull on the ground outside of the chapel.

There are other cool buildings in Kutna Hora, but this was my favorite.

CHAM, GERMANY

 My trusty Skoda (Czech car whose name literally means what a pity) drove to Cham, Germany, today for a small adventure.

 The first thing that caught my eye was the Maria Hilf Kirche der Redemptoristen. It's massively beautiful on the outside. 

 Apparently it has great stained glass inside

but I thought it was a school and was afraid to go in and disturb studies.

 I walked by Franziskanerkirche.

 It was a Franciscan monastery in 1631, then used as a barn, and finally rebuilt in 1866 and used as a church again.

Some cute little drive-thru.

Cool art at a nearby school.

Next, I found St. Jakob church.

 Outside of it is this cool castle fountain (turned off for the season).

Inside, I found 14th century baroque decoration (if it ain't baroque, don't fix it),

this amazing set of pipes,

and a man wearing lederhosen cleaning the floor. I love Germany.

 Moving on to the Marktplatz, I found this guy sitting outside the Town Hall.

 He is holding this proclamation

and just around the corner from this guy.

 There is a large Christmas tree and decorations in the marketplace for the coming holiday season.

The Marktplatzbrunnen fountain's water is turned off, but it's crazy story was still there. Apparently, there is Count Luckner (Marshal of France) who plays a song every day at12:05,

a forest witch with her children,

 and a German corn sprite named Bilmesschneider.

These guys are all over the city to charm you.

 I'm not sure what this is, but it looked neat.

Inside this cute yellow church I found this church.

Spitalkirche

Some cool chairs as I walked back to the parking garage 

and almost didn't make it out. It only cost me 80 cents to park for a few hours.

Thank you, Germany.

PILSEN CHAPEL

I found this photo and note on my Facebook wall recently. It's from the Branch President. Who'd have ever thought mentioning my name could get you somewhere in the Czech Republic.

Dear Deanna thank You very much for your help with our new chapel in Pilsen. I believe that without You we could not move there.