Capela dos Ossos

The Capela dos Ossos (English: Chapel of Bones) is one of the best-known monuments in Évora, Portugal.

[1] The bones, which came from ordinary people who were buried in Évora's medieval cemeteries, were arranged by the Franciscans in a variety of patterns.

Inside the Capela dos Ossos a poem about the need to reflect on one's existence hangs in an old wooden frame on one of the pillars.

António da Ascenção Teles, parish priest of the village of São Pedro (wherein the Church of Saint Francis with its Capela dos Ossos was erected) from 1845 to 1848.

Recorda quantos desta vida têm passado, Reflecte em que terás fim semelhante, Que para meditar causa é bastante Terem todos mais nisto parado.

Pondera, que influido d'essa sorte, Entre negociações do mundo tantas, Tão pouco consideras na morte;