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Lanvellec's ossuary is a rectangular Gothic-style building with an adorned arched door facing the southeast. It features seven arches with trilobed arches, separated by twin columns, an architectural layout emblematic of Breton ossuary. This monument, located in the cemetery of the parish church of Lanvellec, is dated from the second half of the 15th century, when these funeral buildings multiplied in the area.

Ossuaries, like Lanvellec, were buildings raised in Breton cemeteries between the 13th and 17th centuries to house the bones exhumed during the reinhumations. Their architecture, often modest but neat, reflected the importance attached to the management of burials in parishes. Lanvellec is distinguished by its double row of columns supporting trilobed arches, a remarkable example of this local funerary heritage.

Ranked under the title of Historic Monuments by order of 22 July 1924, the Ossuary of Lanvellec is now the property of the commune. Its state of conservation and its location in the parish cemetery bear witness to the funeral practices and religious architecture of the late Middle Ages in Brittany. The accuracy of its location is estimated as fair, with an approximate address at 8 Rue de l'Argoat.

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