Skull Chapel

The Skull Chapel is an chapel located in the Czermna district of , in southwestern . Built in Baroque style in the last quarter of the 18th century, the temple serves as a with thousands of skulls and human skeletal remains adorning its interior walls, floor, ceiling, and foundations.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: ossuary chapel in Kudowa, Poland
  • Also known as: “Kaplica Czaszek” and “Skull Chapel in Czermna”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of Saint Bartholomew in Czermna and Bench gardener in Kudowa-Zdrój.

Church
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Memorial
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
is a memorial, which is situated 1 km south of Skull Chapel.

Church
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
is situated 1½ km south of Skull Chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Czermna, Lower Silesian Voivodship and Malá Čermná.

Suburb
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Village
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
is a village.

Suburb
Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km south of Skull Chapel.

Skull Chapel

Latitude
50.45153° or 50° 27′ 6″ north
Longitude
16.24194° or 16° 14′ 31″ east
Open location code
9F2RF62R+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 292939943
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q2879740
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Skull Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գանգերի մատուռ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kəllə kapellası”
  • Czech: “Kaple lebek”
  • Czech: “Kostnice v Čermné”
  • French: “kaplica czaszek”
  • French: “Kaplica czaszek”
  • Greek: “Παρεκκλήσι των Κρανίων”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת הגולגולות”
  • Hebrew: “קפלת הגולגלות”
  • Polish: “kaplica cmentarna w Kudowej-Zdroju”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Czaszek w Czermnej”
  • Polish: “Kaplica Czaszek w Kudowie-Zdroju”
  • Portuguese: “Capela dos Crânios”
  • Romanian: “Capela craniilor din Czermna”
  • Russian: “Часовня черепов”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de las Calaveras de Czermna”
  • Spanish: “Capilla de las Calaveras”
  • Ukrainian: “Каплиця черепів у Кудові-Здруї”
  • Ukrainian: “Каплиця черепів”

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Highlights include Dzwonnica and Kaplica adoracji.

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