Kostnice in Sedlec

Kostnica in Sedlec can be found just a short distance from Kutná Hora, in a church surrounded by a cemetery. There was plenty of "material" for Constance here, in 1278 it is said that the abbot of the Sedlec monastery, Jindřich, was sent by King Přemysl Otakar II. to Jerusalem. He was supposed to have brought back a handful of clay from Calvary and threw it in the local cemetery. For this reason, people from a wide range of…