DocumentCode
1367575
Title
Resurrection man [IEEE Student Branch profile]
Author
Causer, Craig
Author_Institution
Managing Editor of IEEE Potentials
Volume
28
Issue
5
fYear
2009
Firstpage
5
Lastpage
6
Abstract
In the 16th century, a group of Franciscan monks seized a chance to communicate the inevitability of death and erected a chapel in which one could assume the proper mindset to contemplate one´s own demise. It was with this goal in mind that the Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) was built in Evora, Portugal, displaying thousands of skulls and bones, as well as two full skeletal corpses, cemented into its walls. Over the years, the chapel has become a popular tourist attraction, serving as a macabre monument to transitory life.
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Potentials, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0278-6648
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPOT.2009.934180
Filename
5235526
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