Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Calvaire
Mellac, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Calvaire (cad. AA 40) : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1932
- Protection dates
- 1932/06/03 : inscrit MH
- Type
- calvaire monumental
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1550
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- Mellac
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.90398, -3.57679
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090114
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 7: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les croix des larrons se serrent contre celle du Christ. Les autres personnages représentés sont la Vierge, Saint-Jean, des anges et, au revers, le Christ ressuscité avec, en bas, Saint-Michel terrassant le dragon.
English translation
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History
The crosses of the thieves crowd close to that of Christ. The other figures represented are the Virgin, Saint John, angels and, on the reverse, Christ Risen with, at the bottom, Saint Michael slaying the dragon.
Nearby in the register
- Manoir de Kernaultmanoir1 mi
- Église Saint-Méenéglise2 mi
- Ancien présidialprésidial3 mi
- Maison du 16e sièclemaison3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.