The evocative crypt of San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milan, Italy


San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church in Milan, northern Italy, best known for its ossuary, a small side chapel decorated with numerous human skulls and bones. In 1210, when an adjacent cemetery ran out of space, a room was built to hold bones.


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Location: Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Photo credit: © Alexandre Rotenberg / Alamy / Afripics
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