Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix du 16e siècle
Ploërmel, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix du 16e siècle (non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 30 mai 1927
- Protection dates
- 1927/05/30 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- route de Guillac ; rue des Deux-Ponts
- Commune
- Ploërmel
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.92729, -2.40960
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091504
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 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix calvaire à bannière, en granit sculpté présentant, sur une face, la crucifixion, sur l'autre le couronnement de la Vierge. Quatre saints sur le fût, ainsi que des lacs d'amour.
English translation
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History
Calvary cross with banner, in sculptured granite presenting, on one face, the crucifixion, on the other the coronation of the Virgin. Four saints on the shaft, as well as love knots.
Nearby in the register
- Maison du 17e sièclemaisonunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Antoinechapelleunder 1 mi
- Ancien hôtel des Ducs de Bretagnehôtelunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Armelégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.