What is this place? It's the Capela dos Ossos in Evora, Portugal. The chapel is a small portion of a larger (bone-free) church complex, the Igreja de Sao Francisco.

The Capela dos Ossos is a church in Évora, Portugal, made from human bones. It was built by monks in the 16th century who wanted to encourage people to reflect on their existence.

Capela dos Ossos lies within the Church of San Francisco at the southern edge of the town. For most day trips from Lisbon, this isn't the first stop. It is revealed to you after a fashion.

There's lots to see in Évora, but perhaps nothing quite as unexpected as the city's Capela dos Ossos, or Chapel of Bones. Set within the Church of St. Francis (Igreja de São Francisco), a few ...

The main attraction in Évora is the macabre Capela dos Ossos, or the Chapel of Bones - a small chapel located next to the entrance of the Church of St Francis, where the interior walls are ...

“ We bones that lay here wait for your bones”. The inscription sits over the entrance to the Capela Dos Ossos, a chapel inside a 15th century church within the walled historic centre of Evora ...

Capela dos Ossos is decorated with bones, skulls and entire hanging bodies. 16 th Century monks decided to make the most of the overcrowded cemeteries and use the bones of 5000 corpses to ...