Ossuaire de Lampaul-Guimiliau (chapelle de la Trinité)

Lampaul-Guimiliau

The enclosure of Lampaul-Guimiliau has everything an enclosure of the Léon should have: a church, a triumphal gateway, a calvary and an ossuary. The ossuary, now the chapelle de la Trinité, was built in 1667 by the master architect Guillaume Kerlezroux, and the diocesan notices say it was visibly inspired by La Roche-Maurice. Only the façade facing the enclosure is decorated: small windows separated by colonnettes frame a round-arched door, and the frieze bears two Latin words, ‘Memento mori’, remember that you will die. On a buttress of the neighbouring porch, two angels hold a banderole: good people who pass here, pray to God for the departed. The bones raised from the cemetery were stored there. The enclosure was listed in 1910 and 1914.

Diocèse de Quimper et Léon — notice Lampaul-Guimiliau (Couffon et Le Bars) ↗

Getting there: In the village of Lampaul-Guimiliau, between Landivisiau and Morlaix; enclosure freely accessible, former ossuary now the chapelle de la Trinité, visible from outside and open depending on the season.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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