Everyone who visits Hallstatt in Austria is likely to pay a visit to its Ossuary, more often called Karner (Charnel House), or simply Beinhaus (Bone House). The Bone House is one of Hallstatt’s treasures. It’s among the last of such places in all of Austria. Karners, places of second burials, were once much more common in the Eastern Alps, but they have now largely disappeared. The Bone House in Hallstatt is one of the last, and it has always contained one of the the most remarkable collections of painted skulls, anywhere.
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