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The Chapel of the Bones: Remembering Death

Posted on March 18, 2012 by brushedwithmystery

With one glance at a photo, you would imagine that the space was created by a morbid tyrant aristocrat in centuries past; a vaulted space, lined ceiling to floor in skeletons that are used as adornment. A man and an … Continue reading →

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A Relic from the Past

Posted on December 26, 2010 by brushedwithmystery

Made of bronze, each side communicates a saint’s trial. Which saint you may ask? I don’t know and would love to find out. Did it hold the relics of a saint in the distant past- a toe, clothing, rib, veil?  … Continue reading →

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