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  Photograph: Manuel Ribeiro© Paróquia de S.Pedro de Évora     |
Chapel of Bones in the Old Convent of St. Francis, Évora
Capela dos Ossos  Contact Details Évora, Portugal
Basic structure: around 1515; decoration: 17th–18th century
Religious architecture (funerary chapel)
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A room with a quadrangular plan, square columns and a vaulted ceiling, located next to the old Chapter Room in the Convent of St. Francis in Évora. From the 17th century onwards the room was decorated completely – on the columns, vaults and walls – with bones in a fashion similar to “shell-work”. |
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See also Historical Cross ReferencingHistorical and Artistic Introduction |
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