3 Comments

1. 
   gnarlyleech · 2010-05-24 02:49

   Ok. This is a very spooky picture. Are those real bones or is that a painting?

2. 
   azurblue · 2010-05-24 06:08

   These are REAL bones !

   According to wikipedia :
   "According to Christian historiography a razzia was held to round up the male citizens. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. Bishop Stephen Pendinelli and the garrison commander, count Francesco Largo, were sawn in two alive. August 12,(1480) 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral and in the church of Santa Caterina a Formiello in Naples."

3. 
   elelostdog · 2012-11-13 12:42

   You're right azurblue..these bones are from the Otranto's cathedral!