Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de Saint-Samson
Pleumeur-Bodou, Côtes-d'Armor, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de Saint-Samson (non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 23 octobre 1964
- Protection dates
- 1964/10/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Pleumeur-Bodou
- Département
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.79315, -3.51033
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089440
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1756 map "Carte de Cassini (c. 1756)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Un fût polygonal soutient une croix massive dont les bras sont réunis par la sculpture. Le Christ et, au dos, la Vierge sont représentés en fort relief.
English translation
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History
A polygonal shaft supports a massive cross whose arms are joined by sculpture. The Christ and, on the back, the Virgin are represented in high relief.
Nearby in the register
- Menhirmenhirunder 1 mi
- Chapelle de Saint-Samsonchapelleunder 1 mi
- relais de télécommunication dit Le Radômerelais de télécommunicationunder 1 mi
- Menhir de Trémarchemenhirunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.