Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de Belon
La Croix-Helléan, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de Belon (non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 29 mars 1935
- Protection dates
- 1935/03/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- chemin rural de Belon
- Commune
- La Croix-Helléan
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.95191, -2.49906
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091171
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix sur gros fût octogonal reposant sur un socle en forme d'autel. Le Christ en croix d'un côté, la Vierge à l'Enfant de l'autre, sont accompagnés de deux personnages sur les angles. Les sujets sont surmontés d'un fronton rectiligne.
English translation
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History
Cross on a large octagonal shaft resting on a socle in the form of an altar. The Christ on the cross on one side, the Virgin and Child on the other, are accompanied by two figures on the angles. The subjects are surmounted by a straight pediment.
Nearby in the register
- Croix de la Ville-Côtecroix monumentaleunder 1 mi
- Croix monolithecroix monumentaleunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Maudéchapelleunder 1 mi
- Colonne des Trenteobélisque1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.