travel europe austria hallstatt st. michael's chapel and charnel house
Adjacent to the Catholic Parish Church is St. Michael's Chapel and the Charnel House.
Below the chapel is an ossuary (bone house) where bones and skulls are neatly laid out in rows.
Most skulls are painted with the owner's names and a cross or wreath.
LINK TO CHARNEL HOUSE WEBSITE
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St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
A beautiful carved altar donated by a salt barron and a nice stained glass window grace the St. Michael Chapel, Halstatt, Austria, 1991.
Detail of entrance door, Charnel House, St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
Bones, Charnel House, St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
Similar view in 1991, Charnel House, Michael's Chapel, Halstatt, Austria, 1991.
Bones, Charnel House, St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
Bones, Charnel House, St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
Detail of painted skulls, Charnel House, St. Michael's Chapel, Hallstatt, Austria, 2017.
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page last revised march 2020