Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de Kerentrech
Melrand, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de Kerentrech (non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 19 mai 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/05/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- rue de Saint-Rivalain
- Commune
- Melrand
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.97647, -3.10624
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091438
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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1789 map "158 Vannes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Calvaire formé par un Christ entre la Vierge et Saint-Jean. Une Vierge à l'Enfant est représenté au verso. Une accolade couronne la croix dont les bras ont une largeur inaccoutumée. Le fût est moderne, reposant sur un soubassement, une Pietà dont le Christ est sans tête.
English translation
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History
Calvary formed by a Christ between the Virgin and Saint John. A Virgin and Child is represented on the verso. An accolade crowns the cross whose arms have unusual width. The shaft is modern, resting on a plinth, a Pietà whose Christ is headless.
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