Yes, Bones Adorn the Chapel's Interior

Approximately 5,000 skeletons, including skulls, decorate the walls and ceiling of the chapel. The chapel itself is part of the Gothic church of St. Francis.

They Relocated the Human Remains to a Dedicated Chapel

Known as the Bone Chapel.

What to Do About the Many Cemeteries in Évora, Actually Taken Over by 16th-Century Monks

There was a simple solution.

Capela dos Ossos

Capela dos Ossos appears as if it came straight out of a Halloween movie.

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