Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Calvaire
Pont-Aven, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Calvaire (cad. C 107) : classement par arrêté du 21 février 1942
- Protection dates
- 1942/02/21 : classé MH
- Type
- calvaire monumental
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place de l'Eglise
- Commune
- Pont-Aven
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.86370, -3.76787
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090287
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
Calvaire en granit dont le socle est constitué par trois étages d'assises en retrait. Un quatrième supporte une Pietà. Deux colonnettes sont surmontées de statues. Ce calvaire était autrefois situé au centre du cimetière désaffecté.
English translation
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History
Calvary in granite whose base consists of three tiers of courses in recession. A fourth supports a Pietà. Two colonnettes are surmounted by statues. This calvary was formerly situated at the centre of the disused cemetery.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Amet de Nizonégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Rustéphanchâteauunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Trémalochapelleunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Lezavenmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.