Brno Ossuary (Czech: Brněnská kostnice) is an underground ossuary in Brno, Czech Republic. It was rediscovered in 2001 in the historical centre of the city, partially under the Church of St. James. [1]

Aug 29, 2013 · It is the sheer amount of skulls, bones and skeletons here, second only to the Catacombs in Paris, that make the Brno ossuary especially significant.

Apr 21, 2023 · Visit this dark tourist site, the Brno Ossuary, in Czechia to see more than 50,000 skulls and learn about the site's history.

Oct 15, 2023 · Brno Ossuary is the second largest burial chamber of bones in Europe after the Paris Catacombs. It holds the remains of around 50,000 people from around the Moravian city, who would have been interred there over several centuries.

Jun 24, 2014 · Though no one has fashioned the skeletons of Brno into chandeliers, coats-of-arms, or chalices, there are 50,000 of them, all in the ossuary under the Church of St. James. …

After Paris, Brno has the second-largest ossuary in Europe. The number of people buried here is estimated to exceed 50,000. There was a churchyard at the Church of St James (the site is now Jakubské náměstí, or St James Square) as early as the beginning of the 13th century.

Oct 19, 2024 · The Ossuary of Brno is a fascinating part of the Brno underground structures, being the second largest ossuary in Europe by the number of discovered remains.

Mar 10, 2025 · The top of the skull of the Brno Shaman. The man was about fifty years old, quite old, most people of that time did not live so long, and the skull bears numerous cuts, probably from excarnation, the ritual removal of the flesh and skin.

Brno's subterranean St James Ossuary holds the remains of 50,000 people gathered over five centuries. Its tunnels house the largest array of bones in Czechia.

Jan 16, 2013 · In an underground chapel a visitor will find exceptionally preserved skulls, and in the center of the chapel there are pillars of skulls that almost reach the ceiling, and coffins that contain remains of a grown man, and young 13-year-old boy.