bones Archives - Portugal Confidential https://portugalconfidential.com/tag/bones/ Travel & Lifestyle Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://portugalconfidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-LinkedIN-PC-T_L-Lauch-Profile-Photo-400x400-1-32x32.jpg bones Archives - Portugal Confidential https://portugalconfidential.com/tag/bones/ 32 32 Bone Chapel – Faro https://portugalconfidential.com/bone-chapel-faro/ https://portugalconfidential.com/bone-chapel-faro/#respond Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:34:54 +0000 https://portugalconfidential.com/?p=33429 In the Bone chapel of faro, it is written of the door, “Stop here and think of the fate that will befall you – 1816”. Not that you have anything to worry about. The skulls, femurs, vertebrae and other human bones are of monks of the local Carmelite order. This strange décor is actually a tribute to their service. A highlight of this chapel is a complete skeleton, covered in gold, hanging at the front. The chapel is actually an […]

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