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| San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milan |
Located within a short stroll of Milan’s Duomo, this is definitely one to tickle a morbid fascination: it’s decorated with human skulls and bones. Look up to see wonderful frescoes by Sebastiano Ricci, and then let your eyes drift downwards to the walls, which are completely decorated with skulls and bones, some arranged so as to form the shape of a cross. Most of these remains came from the nearby hospital in the Middle Ages, although the ones over the back doors are from beheaded criminals.
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