Skull Chapel

Skull Chapel
Skull Chapel
Kaplica Czaszek
	The interior, featuring human bones and remains on walls and ceiling
	Skull Chapel
	50°27′05″N 16°14′31″E / 50.4515°N 16.2419°E
Location	Kudowa-Zdrój
Country	Poland
Denomination	Catholic
Architecture
Functional status	Preserved
Heritage designation	Cultural heritage site
Designated	10 May 1960
Architectural type	Chapel
Style	Baroque
Years built	1776–1784

The Skull Chapel (Polish: Kaplica Czaszek) or St. Bartholomew's Church,^[1] is an ossuary chapel located in the Czermna district of Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland. Built in Baroque style in the last quarter of the 18th century, the temple serves as a mass grave with thousands of skulls and human skeletal remains adorning its interior walls, floor, ceiling, and foundations. The Skull Chapel is the only such monument in Poland, and one of five in Europe.^[2]

^ "Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ "6 Creepy Churches Made of Bones". 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[autogenerated1-1] "Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[2] "6 Creepy Churches Made of Bones". 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

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