France
Charente-Maritime
Saint-Pierre-D'Oléron
Lantern of the Dead of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
France
Charente-Maritime
Saint-Pierre-D'Oléron
Lantern of the Dead of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
Lantern of the Dead of Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
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Location: Saint-Pierre-D'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France
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A funeral lantern (French: Lanterne des morts) is a masonry funeral tower, a structure used to escort the deceased. It can be found in various forms in France and is usually a slender tower. The structure is hollow and has a superstructure with at least three openings. At nightfall, a light is raised into this—usually by a pulley system—which is believed to guide the souls of the deceased. Source: Wikipedia
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