Capuchin Monastery, Brno, Czechia

· Czechia South Moravian Region Brno
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This is the resting place of more than 200 monks who placed their deceased brothers beneath the church over a period of 300 years.Mummification was never the intention. In keeping with their vow of poverty, the monks thriftily re-used a single coffin time and time again. After the funerary rites, they would move the deceased into the crypt, and lay him to rest on a pillow of bricks. The dry air currents and composition of the topsoil gradually preserved the bodies where they lay.

This was an odd experience to see all of the dead bodies. Some in glass-type coffins and others just laying on the ground.

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