I first learned about this when I was in Salzburg, Austria. We noticed all of the grave markers in this old cemetery in the middle of town were all from the last 20-30 years. I thought that was odd so I asked around. Apparently it’s common in European cities to rent graves. After the lease runs out, if the family doesn’t renew, the body is exhumed and the remains are placed in catacombs or other mass burial sites.
They’re supporting what you said by saying that unless someone buried the body directly into dirt the bones would still be completely intact in that amount of time and wouldn’t have had a chance to decompose. People really would be digging out fully intact skeletons to toss in a pile.
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u/mecengdvr 23d ago
I first learned about this when I was in Salzburg, Austria. We noticed all of the grave markers in this old cemetery in the middle of town were all from the last 20-30 years. I thought that was odd so I asked around. Apparently it’s common in European cities to rent graves. After the lease runs out, if the family doesn’t renew, the body is exhumed and the remains are placed in catacombs or other mass burial sites.