# Chapel of Bones

Evora, Portugal

A small chapel whose walls and pillars are lined with the bones and skulls of around 5,000 people, arranged by Franciscan friars as a meditation on mortality. An inscription above the door reminds the living that the dead await them.

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Coordinates: 38.56889, -7.90889

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