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To: uglybiker
They have a very small cemetery. Since the 1600s, until recently, they have only let it's "residents" stay there for about ten years before they were dug up, polished and some painted. The remains were then placed in the bone house (charnal house). It's a bit bizarre and unnerving.


13 posted on 09/09/2005 6:27:57 AM PDT by lizma
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To: lizma

Fascinating ... do they just have a limited amount of space for a cememtery? Is it more efficient to stack up bones in a building?


14 posted on 09/09/2005 7:35:43 AM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: lizma

I recently read a thriller that used the bone house as the focal point of the plot about a treasure buried during the middle ages. Can't remember the name or the author.


15 posted on 09/09/2005 8:00:58 AM PDT by wildbill
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