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The Cléden-Poher Parish close ('' enclos paroissial'') comprises the Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, a calvary and an ossuary, and is located in the arrondissement of
Châteaulin Châteaulin (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Geography Châteaulin is in a valley towards the center of Finistère on the ...
in
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in north-western
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. It is a listed
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since 1983. Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption The Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption was restored and modified in 1689 and in 1907.


The north porch

This porch contains statues of Catherine of Sienna, Saint
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and
Saint Dominic Saint Dominic, (; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (), was a Castilians, Castilian Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he a ...
.


The west façade

There are two double doors here which gives access to the church. The tympanum contains a statue of the Virgin Mary.


The master altar

This comprises three scenes; The procession to Golgotha, the crucifixion and a mise au tombeau; Jesus being prepared for burial.


The ossuary

The ossuary, partly gothic and partly renaissance in style, is located in the north east corner of the cemetery.


The calvary

This dates to 1575 and depicts various scenes from the
passion Passion, the Passion or the Passions may refer to: Emotion * Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing * Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions * Stoic passions, various forms of emotio ...
including the Flagellation, a scene showing the cross being carried to Golgotha and Jesus on the cross. Angels collect Jesus' blood into chalices. File:Cléden-Poher 25 Le calvaire de 1575 vue d'ensemble.jpg, The Cléden-Poher calvary. File:Cléden-Poher 27 Le calvaire de 1575 détail 1.jpg, The Cléden-Poher calvary. File:Cléden-Poher 28 Le calvaire de 1575 détail 2.jpg, The Cléden-Poher calvary.


Gallery

File:Le calvaire et l'ossuaire Cléden-Poher.jpg, The ossuary and calvary. Revue du Touring-club de France photograph taken in 1936. File:Cléden-Poher 12 Vitraux La fuite en Egypte.jpg, Stained glass window in the église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, "La Fuite en Egypte"-The flight into Egypt. File:Eglise de Cléden-Poher.jpg, The Cléden-Poher parish church. File:Cléden-Poher 4 Le maître-autel de l'église paroissiale.jpg, The main altar. File:Cléden-Poher 8 Retable du maître-autel Mise au tombeau.jpg, The "mise au tombeau" part of the altarpiece of the main altar. File:Cléden-Poher 9 Retable du maître-autel Crucifixion.jpg, The "crucifixion" part of the altarpiece of the main altar. File:Cléden-Poher 29 Ossuaire.jpg, The ossuary


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