Show 1 0 a sa s1 sleepy copy little town iown p about jo miles from padg P r a g uc u c czechoslovakia holds one of tho the strongest strangest and eeriest relics in the world woolda wor lda o church whose interior is 6 f decorated with the bones of I 1 10 0 J people the church right is kaa rl visited by tourists from all over 11 the world but one visit usually usual 0 suffices for a lifetime even eien the ithe I 1 villagers who have lived with it 14 V za most of their it but a year during the easter season as carim reminder berthat der that life Is is 1 transient and death is certain A x g the rest of tho time it is shown V to visitors as a curiosity of the district by on an old caretaker who carefully dusts the sli skulls every two months i I 1 F 8 INES 2 VIM N A al am pan american hostess marcella I 1 Voc Voce clova lova left looks at this in M shield belonging to t the h a house of count whose family has taken care of tho the church for generations how flow ial 0 ind and why the bones wire we re put into 7 11 14 10 the tho chur church c h varies with the story V teller built in 1280 when a tr traveler ovel brought earth horn jerusalem for its altar the church and its ji t yard become became a very popular cemetery everyone wanted to be buried A 31 in its hallowed ground the bones came from t the h a J bodies bodiel in in the cemetery A 9 this eerie scene right startles qua and stops the tourist in his track 1 I Y W R on entering the church ho he sees M K first a row of gleam gleaming ipg human k skulls lining the top of the altar A beneath the f figureoa figure I 1 u r of christ U SOU skulls alls from the niches niche s on the sides where they have been M fitted into bamps tamps amps church inspru qi me ments ts include a chalice maileoi mai made leof of 4 s bones banes ij VA v N U N R other skulls that tha tare are fashioned into candle holders and monstrance ranco bear sword marks and some still contow contain 10 nill bits of teeth miss Voce loya left inspects some ir A of the altar instruments the caretaker shows the visitor thi this s display with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm 7 U MINIM N po X ww 1 I 7 0 k 10 01 1 V tt the chandelier right is on an N inspiration oi of horror and causes ii mare more visitors to retreat than anything else strings of skulls form V shadows on the ceiling and when the candles in this grotesque y chandelier arp are lit them 4 skulls kulls give va 11 W U I 1 1 ff an uncanny impression that they k ko 41 are participating in the ille ceremony U A one account reports this display 11 Aiwas conceived and arrans arranged cd by a 1 f |