Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de l'Etang
Caro, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de l'Etang au point bas de la route vers Monteneuf : inscription par arrêté du 13 mai 1937
- Protection dates
- 1937/05/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une association
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- Caro
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.86070, -2.31162
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091142
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix monolithe légèrement pattée, aux extrémités arrondies. Sur le côté, vers l'est, un personnage est gravé au trait, portant un costume sans doute ecclésiatique. De la main droite, il fait un geste de bénédiction, et tient de l'autre un bâton ou une crosse. Il peut représenter Saint-Yves dont la chapelle est dans cette direction.
English translation
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History
Monolithic cross slightly patée, with rounded ends. On the side, towards the east, a figure is engraved in outline, wearing a costume doubtless ecclesiastical. With his right hand, he makes a gesture of blessing, and holds in the other a staff or crozier. It may represent Saint-Yves whose chapel is in this direction.
Nearby in the register
- Croix Bouchercroix de cheminunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Bodelmanoir1 mi
- Cimetièrecimetière3 mi
- Croixcroix de chemin3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.