If you ever find yourself in the Czech Republic, be sure to swing by the town of Sedlec and "Czech out" the Sedlec Ossuary. (According to Wikipedia, "an ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains.")
This particular ossuary is decorated with the skeletal remains of 40,000 people. There is a chandelier, a large coat of arms and garlands hanging from the ceiling - all comprised of bones!
The official site can be found here --> http://www.kostnice.cz/
And a "fan site" containing lots of great photography is here --> http://www.ludd.luth.se/users/silver_p/kutna.html
Update:
A similar crypt in Rome displays the skeletal remains of 4000 Capuchin friars.
Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (or "Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins") --> http://www.cappucciniviaveneto.it/cappuccini_ing.html
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