Ghost Church

In a borrowed two seater Smart car, we followed the route our Sat Nav had decided would be best. The track looked like it hadn't seen a single car in years, with branches growing across our path. Eventually we dropped down a steep slope into the top of a village and the church came into view.

Built in 1352, St Georges Church Lukova, in north western Bohemia, had been used by Sudeten Germans who had lived in the village before the second world war.

In 1968 during a funeral service, the roof collapsed. Local artist Jakub Hadrava had the idea to turn the church into this installation with the ghosts representing the Germans that used to pray here.

The result is this amazing spooky scene. 

The church only opens in the afternoon so we were far too early to get in. I was able to reach through the bars of the windows to the rear of the church, no glass, just bars, & make my photographs using the amazing little Ricoh GRii. 

Happy Halloween, don't have nightmares.

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