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a pile of wood sitting inside of a cave

When do human remains become art? I considered this question as I walked through the Paris Catacombs recently. It was the second time I had visited, so I knew what to expect, but the impact of so many bones, so many lives, was still strong.

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the statue is sitting in the middle of the room

https://flic.kr/p/xWey1m | The Catacomb Saints: St. Theodora | I am very pleased that it goes back to my project on the Catacomben Saints from Switzerland. This time it went into the Rheinau monastery and we visited 4 catacombs saint. I was fascinated especially the St. Deodatus and the St.. Theodora. Both are sitting on chairs to see and on the side altars. Here the St. Theodora the martyr on one chair under a small canopy. In the right hand she holds a a palm branch (prize of victory). In…

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