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Remains of a Saint

2016-11 / Kutná Hora, Czech Republic

After seeing a church full of human bones, I'm sure that – commercially – it's hard to compete. By principle, there should be no reason to compete on a religious scale, of course. So the Church of Assumption (which is connected to a tobacco factory) has a full skulls in the walls and these elaborate caskets near the altar which hold the remains of a saint. Of course, this is an artistic representation of saint's remains and there is no actual saint inside. I love the intricacy of the frame.