Capella shower Osos (Chapel of bones) is considered one of the best known monuments in évora. This small chapel stands near the entrance to the Church of San Francisco.

The name of the chapel was due to the fact that the internal walls are lined with human bones and skulls. It was estimated the approximate number stored here skeletons Franciscan monks about five thousand. Some turtles written date of death.

Capella shower Osuch was built in the XVI century a Franciscan monk who wanted to show that earthly life is merely a temporary phenomenon. When you enter the chapel, visitors can see the inscription in Latin, which translates as "Our bones here are waiting for your bones."

The space inside of the chapel is divided into three bays, the height of which – 18, 7 meters, width 11 meters. The light in the chapel penetrates through the three small holes that are in the left wall. Walls and eight columns covered with patterns of bones and skulls held together with cement mortar. The ceiling in the chapel of brick, painted white and painted with frescoes on the theme of death. Complement a bleak picture of the two desiccated corpses, women and children that hang on a chain. On the roof of the chapel also has a sign that says "the Day of death better than the day of birth", taken from the book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7. Inside the chapel in old wooden frame on one of the pillars hangs a poem about how necessary it is to think about their Genesis. The authorship of this poem is credited to the parish priest of the village of San Pedro.