The ruined church of Saint-Pierre de Quimerch

Saint-Pierre de Quimerch, a ruined church in the commune of Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch, France, was constructed in the 15th century and much of it dates from a mid-16th century construction campaign. Today, the church stands in ruins, accompanied by its parish close, which includes a boundary wall and an ossuary. The church was inscribed in 1930 and classified as a historical monument on April 23, 1932, while the ossuary was classified on November 17, 1966.

The ossuary was built around 1579 and became a residence following the abandonment of the church in 1877. It remained a habitation until 1914, eventually falling into ruin in the mid-20th century. In the 1990s, an association of volunteers fully restored the structure, which features a slate roof and five Renaissance-style windows on its eastern facade.

The parish close once contained several attributes, including a monumental porch and a calvary. While the church and its ruins were put in value at the end of the 19th century, the porch was sold in 1875 to serve as a private funeral chapel in the new village. The calvary, a single-shaft structure dating from the late 16th century, remains in the new village cemetery today.

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