The katakomben im wiener stephansdom (the catacombs of st stevens cathedral)

Yesterday I went to the st Stevens Cathedral. We went up to the top of the bell tower. it is so freaky that I can not begin to tell you how scary it was. And then Mum, me, Conor and Maggie went to the catacombs under the church. Catacombs are like tunnels under ground with rooms where people were buried. The first part wasnt really as I expected it because it was marble floors and walls with lots of lanterns and coffins that were very clean and tidy. But then there was another part and you go into long maze of tunnels that are made out of stone. The rooms are shut away from everyone except for some small barred windows it is soooo freaky. It has this kind of medival feeling to it because of the way it is built. There were things called bone houses wher bones were just stacked and stacked the make enough room for all of them, this is because when they built the rooms the black plauge was spreading through Europe and people were dying so fast that they could not bury them quick enough. They took prisoners and made them clean the bones and stack them. The tour guide said at one point that the prisoners dug a hole and just threw in bodies. there were about 600 people in one of the holes. It was awesome as but it was still freaky.

When we got out the sun hurt my eyes because we had been in the dark for a long time. We can't take a photo in there so I had to use a photo of the web!

Clare