Art and Culture

Milan's Duomo	Milan's Church	Milan's Basilica	La Scala Opera House & Museum	Skull Chapel
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Skull Chapel
When it came to decorating the chapel in the church of San Bernardino in Piazza Santo Stefano in Milan, the people responsible really used their heads. Well, other people's, to be exact. It's a tête à tête like nobody's business in there. There's over 3,000 skulls, tibias, femurs, and assorted bones assembled in intricate patterns all over the walls. Having a knee-bone in your trabeation is quite something. The chapel dates from 1695 when the bones appear to have come from a number of suppressed cemeteries. Take a peek between 7.30am and 12noon, and then 1pm and 6pm, Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 12.30 Saturday, and from 9.30am to noon on Sunday.