title: Quéménéven Parish close
text: # Quéménéven Parish close
  
  The Quéménéven Parish close comprising the parish church, a triumphal arch and calvary is located in the arrondissement of Châteaulin in Finistère in Brittany. The bell tower and the western façade of the church are a listed historical monument since 1969.
  
  ## The Église Saint-Ouen
  
  This, the Quéménéven parish church and originally dating back to 1786, was reconstructed between 1860 and 1861. The church has a nave of three bays with aisles, a transept and choir.
  
  ## The stained-glass window known as the "Crucifixion" window
  
  A 16th-century-stained glass window depicts the "Passion of Jesus Christ".
  
  ## The porch
  
  In a niche above the porch entrance is a statue of Saint Ouen.
  
  ## Statuary
  
  The church has statues of Saint Méen in the attire of a bishop, Saint Peter, Saint Guénolé (a polychromed woodcarving dating to the 16th century), Saint Enéour, Saint Ouen and Saint Lawrence. Méen was a Breton saint, thought to be Cornish or Welsh in origin.
  
  ## The calvary
  
  The Calvary attached to the parish church is 6 metres in height and statues of John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary are back-to-back with the people in the Pietà. At the summit of the Calvary a depiction of the crucifixion includes an angel touching Jesus' hair.
  
  * The parish church, the "Porte triomphale" and the calvary of the enclos paroissial,
  * The pietà decorating the enclos paroissial calvary.
  * The south porch.
  