Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de Rougentin
Saint-Servant, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de Rougentin sise sur le chemin de Quily à 2 km de Saint-Servant (cad. ZH 33) : inscription par arrêté du 6 mars 1946
- Protection dates
- 1946/03/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- chemin de Quily
- Commune
- Saint-Servant
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.90628, -2.49190
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091716
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 située sur le chemin de Quily. Elle se compose d'un soubassement en maçonnerie de moëllons sur lequel est posé un socle monolithe en forme de tronc de pyramide supportant le fût circulaire. Au-dessus, dans un cadre formé de quatre segments de cercle en creux se voient, d'un côté, le Christ en croix, de l'autre la Vierge à l'Enfant.
English translation
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History
Cross situated on the path of Quily. It consists of a rubble stone masonry base on which is placed a monolithic plinth in the form of a truncated pyramid supporting the circular shaft. Above, in a frame formed by four hollow circular segments are seen, on one side, the Christ on the cross, on the other the Virgin and Child.
Nearby in the register
- Fontaine Saint-Bertinfontaineunder 1 mi
- Croix de la Villemenocroix monumentale1 mi
- Bas-relief de la crucifixion, piédestal de la croix du bourgcroix monumentale1 mi
- Château de Castelchâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.