Ossuary (Brasparts)

Ossuary in Brasparts

Death as a grim reaper

The ossuary in Brasparts , a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany , was built in the 16th century. In 1914 the ossuary was included in the list of architectural monuments in France as part of the enclosed parish as Monument historique .

The rectangular building made of local granite has an arched portal and six coupled arched windows. There is a large tracery window on the southern gable end . The gable roof is covered with slate .

Death is depicted as a grim reaper on the southern gable, and the resurrection on the northern gable.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , p. 896.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église avec le calvaire et l'ossuaire in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '2.98 "  N , 3 ° 57' 24.17"  W.