Igreja da Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo
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Went for the bone chapel. It was a small room filled with skulls and other type of bones. Wish there is some explanation about why, how whose bones these were used to build the chapel. This is what could be gathered online: The inscription over the door reads: “Stop here and think of the fate that will befall you – 1816,” a helpful reminder put in place by the Carmelite monks who built the chapel that year on the grounds of the larger church dating to 1719. ………. The practice of moving bones from cemetery plots into ossuaries after a period of time in the ground (usually seven to ten years) was common throughout Catholic Europe until recently. The bones in this ossuary are the remains of 1,245 monks whose bones were displaced when the ossuary was built. There are several other bone chapels in Portugal, the most famous being in Evora.” Kids liked seeing it - stayed for around 5-10 minutes. It’s a short walk from Faro old town.
N XN X
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This church is probably best known for its Bone Chapel, a separate room behind the church. There the rather macabre sight meets you of walls partly made up of skulls from long departed monks. Apparently this serves as the resting place for some 1,250 skeletons with bones filling every available space making up ghoulish geometrical patterns. The bodies were exhumed in 1816 from Faro's overcrowded cemeteries. They belonged to Carmelite monks who once served in this church. The long-dead monks stare down on you from every surface of the chapel. This is surly one of the creepiest attractions you can find. But the main church is also worth viewing, with its baroc interior featuring intricately carved altars, mostly painted in gold.
T HartbergT Hartberg
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This is a fascinating church, although the main interior feels much smaller inside than the façade might suggest. As it only costs €2 to enter, it is certainly worth a visit. It is opulently decorated with large, gilded altarpieces, something of an assault on the senses in such a small area. Most people are drawn to the bone chapel out the back of the church, constructed from the skulls and bones of disinterred monks. It is rather macabre, if certainly different, and an unusual experience as long as you don’t mind skulls staring at you from the walls!
Phil BradfordPhil Bradford
30
The church has amazing pieces that demonstrate the love of catholics for their love to virgin Mary. What surprised me was The Bones Chapel. It is highly recommended to visit. The person that was on the front door was not polite. That is a pity because that place is the representation of love and acceptance. May thay could put a nitice outside about the fee to enter the church.
Moraima Caceres-CentenoMoraima Caceres-Centeno
10
A place definitely worth visiting while in Faro. Church with bones chapel - something really extraordinary. Entrance is €2 per adult and you first enter into the church with amazing artwork, then you can walk through the side to outside and find the bones chapel. The bones are from an old graveyard and the chapel was built in memory of munks from that cemetery.
Elghato ELElghato EL
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Zero stars for the guy ticketing at the front who has zero faith and kindness. The entry fee is 2 euros and cash only. When I didn't have cash, I promised I would pay when my friends would arrive and wouldn't leave without paying. He didn't agree to let me in. A place of faith, and the guy didn't care to have some. But otherwise, Bones chapel is one of a kind.
S PS P
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