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The cemetery of Lièpvre, located on Rue de l'Église in the department of Haut-Rhin (Great East), is a historical monument dating back to the 12th and 16th centuries. It includes a small square building, former ossuary, which was moved in 1754 after the reconstruction of the parish church. This building, with its sides decorated with twin doors and windows, incorporates re-used architectural elements, including bays and a door in arms from the neighboring priory, disused from the 16th century.

The ossuary, originally built in the 16th century in the enclosures of the cemetery, was rebuilt in 1754 at the right corner of the cemetery so as not to obstruct the view of the new church, built in 1752. The materials of the old ossuary were reused, and decorative elements such as carved capitals or columns with a moulded base were incorporated. After serving as a chapel, the building was abandoned and converted into a depot. It has been listed as a historical monument since March 22, 1934.

The architecture of the building is distinguished by its pavilion roof surmounted by a ceramic urn, its doors with ground chambranles (including one in a braided arch), and its bays in the middle hanger falling on columns with polygonal capitals. These features reflect both medieval influences (XII century) and Renaissance (XVI century), as well as the reuse of elements from the priory demolished in 1751. The site, owned by the commune, remains a rare testimony of funeral and architectural practices in Alsace.

The location of the cemetery, noted as "passable" (level 5/10) in the databases, corresponds to address 5 Rue de l'Eglise, 68660 Lièpvre. The monument is part of a historical context marked by religious reforms and urban recompositions under the Old Regime, notably with the intervention of the Intendant of Lorraine to modify the layout of the cemetery after 1752.

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