Wow! I used to joke a lot about death but after seeing, with your help, this chapel, I think I'll revise my attitude. What shocks me is that they used bones as decorative materials, especially in the columns. I'm trying to think of the builders who sorted the bones by length to fit, haha! It's not my laugh, it's a little cringeworthy!
An unusual subject, excellent photos. Informative, exciting, and a major contender in the competition.
I learned something else about the (I think unintentional) humor of Greek monks. More cynical, considering the inscription. I'm waiting for the resurrection of the dead, I can only imagine how they'll come to the chapel to retrieve their bones...
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Haha I hope they won't need their bones back, otherwise the resurrection will end up as a big mess :)
The chapel is in the town of Evora in Portugal. So this is the Portuguese monk's humor :)
A big mess or demolition!
God, I'm so stupid. I re-read your post to see if you mention Portugal and I was so shallow not to notice that. I saw the inscriptions and thought they were in Latin, saw Evora, and thought of Evia. It seemed to me that this looked more like a feat of Catholic monks but I was glad that the Orthodox can be "creative" too.
Thanks for opening my head (figuratively, of course)!
Haha it's OK, everyone can overlook a couple of words :)
Thanks! It happens to me many times.