A Morbid Reminder

A Morbid Reminder. The Dance of Death mural was originally painted during the Council of Basel, a major ecclesiastical gathering that took place from 1431 to 1…

Location: Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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The Dance of Death mural was originally painted during the Council of Basel, a major ecclesiastical gathering that took place from 1431 to 1449, and was meant to serve as a reminder of the inevitability of death.

Source: La Danse des morts comme elle est dépeinte dans la louable et célèbre ville de Bâle pour servir de miroir de la nature humaine = Todten-Tantz, wie derselbe in der löbl.[ichen] ü[nd] welt-berühmten Stadt Basel, als ein Spiegel

A Morbid Reminder — Basel, Canton of Zurich

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