Churches and burials
· Vanalinn
Ossuary of St Olaf’s Church
Burials around St Olaf’s Church raise the question of how limited church space was used to remember and accommodate the dead.
People were buried inside and around old Tallinn churches for centuries. As burial space filled, older graves had to be dealt with and bones could be moved under local practices. The label St Olaf’s charnel house still needs evidence for a particular room, period and use. General burial customs do not make every cellar an ossuary. The story asks how a crowded town found space for its dead.
Practical information
Address: Lai 50
View St Olaf’s at Lai 50. Do not search closed areas for a charnel house; identification of a particular room needs a source.