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Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones)

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AS IS – Straight from the Camera

UNESCO – World Heritage Listed Site – Wikipedia

The Church of St Francis itself was built in the Gothic style with Manueline influences between 1460 and 1510. Its Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) was created by a few Franciscan monks in the 16th century as a practical solution to a problem – as many as 42 monastic cemeteries were taking up valuable space in Evora, so they moved all the bones to a single consecrated chapel. Seeing an opportunity to contemplate and communicate the inevitability of death, the monks chose to display the bones prominently rather than storing them away.

Evora, Portugal.

Canon PowerShot A650IS

Shutter Speed: 1/20sec
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 400