architecture
St Michael's Chapel
Hallstatt, Upper Austria, Austria
Michaelskapelle [German]
Architecture
Due to the lack of space in the cemetery, the period of rest is short. Some families of the deceased therefore have their bones transferred to the ossuary in a kind of second burial after the grave has been dissolved. Many of the more than 2000 skulls are painted with names or initials and dates of death, and some were decorated with floral ornamentation.
Geography
local language location name
Hallstatt, Österreich [German]
cultural historical region
historical affiliations
1310-1806
1310-1806
1804-1867
1867-1918
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
III,
IV
designation
reference
806