Sedlec - Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Attractions Kostel Nanebevzeti Panna Marie

A gruesome sight awaits visitors to Sedlec. Not the town itself, which is a pleasant place located 3km / 2mi from Kutna Hora, but the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Kostel Nanebevzeti Panna Marie). The church is also known by its nickname the "Bone Church of Sedlec". Designed by Giovanni Santini, the church is an interesting sight on its own, but the real attraction is located across the road in the Gothic Chapel.

Here visitors will find the bones of 40,000 people who died during the Hussite war of 1421 and the onslaught of the Plague in 1380. Many of the bones show the fatal injuries from the war.