Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de la Villemeno
Guillac, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix du 16e siècle, de la Villemeno (non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 13 février 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/02/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- la Ville-Meno
- Commune
- Guillac
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.92264, -2.48595
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091263
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 avec fût et soubassement établis au début du 20e siècle. La partie supérieure remonte au 16e siècle. Le Christ en croix sous un fronton surmonté d'une feuille.
English translation
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History
Monolithic cross with shaft and base established at the beginning of the 20th century. The upper part dates back to the 16th century. The Christ in cross under a pediment surmounted by a leaf.
Nearby in the register
- Colonne des Trenteobélisque1 mi
- Fontaine Saint-Bertinfontaine1 mi
- Nouveau cimetièrecimetière1 mi
- Croix monolithe en granit, de la Brasséecroix monumentale1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.