church | paradoxoff http://paradoxoff.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 30 May 2019 10:44:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 7 Reasons why you MUST visit Sighisoara, RO http://paradoxoff.com/curiosities/7-reasons-why-you-must-visit-sighisoara-ro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-reasons-why-you-must-visit-sighisoara-ro Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:01:06 +0000 http://paradoxoff.com/index.php/2017/03/01/7-reasons-why-you-must-visit-sighisoara-ro/ Dracula’s hometown located in the heart of Romania, Sighisoara is a small charming place covering the historic region of the country, with a...

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Dracula’s hometown located in the heart of Romania, Sighisoara is a small charming place covering the historic region of the country, with a population of 28,102 according to the 2011 census.

The city administers seven villages: Angofa, Aurel Vlaicu, Hetiur, Rora, Soromiclea, Venchi and Viilor and they’re all amazing! Sighisoara is becoming a more attractive tourist destination lately because of many reasons but today we’ll discover only 7 most important of them. Scroll down and see why you MUST definitely put this lovely little colorful town on your travel list immediately!

1. The charming colorful infrastructure
2. The Clock Tower
3. The Church on the hill
4. The cemetery that’s totally creepy but so alive and ‘green’
5. The Vlad Dracula’s house
6. The sights
7. Why not?

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The bone church in Czech Republic http://paradoxoff.com/curiosities/the-bone-church-in-czech-republic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bone-church-in-czech-republic Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:43:56 +0000 http://paradoxoff.com/index.php/2016/10/13/the-bone-church-in-czech-republic/ If you think you’ve seen everything, wait until you see the bone church in Czech Republic, decorated with the remains of between 40,000...

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If you think you’ve seen everything, wait until you see the bone church in Czech Republic, decorated with the remains of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, many of whom died in the plague in 1318 and during the Hussite Wars in the 15th century.

Also known as the ‘Skull Church’, the macabre building contains bodies that have been dismembered, de-fleshed and reassembled into decorative features including a bone chandelier and chalices and even a family crest constructed from human remains.

The decorations and sculptures were created by a woodcarver named František Rint. In 1870, he was commissioned by the landowners of the time, the Schwarzenberg family, to decorate the chapel with the bones and create a reminder of the impermanence of human life and inescapable death.

The church is open 7 days a week, except on the 24th and 25th of December and the entrance ticket costs approximately 1.50 €. Travelers, here is your next adventure!

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