Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de Saint-Zénon
Séglien, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de Saint-Zénon (cad. YB 92) : inscription par arrêté du 29 mars 1935
- Protection dates
- 1935/03/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Zénon
- Commune
- Séglien
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.07243, -3.14352
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091738
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1786 map "Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix située au sud de la chapelle Saint-Zénon, au bord de la Sarre. C'est une croix en granit, fichée en terre, taillée dans un bloc méplat et affectant la forme pattée. Sur la face "ouest", croix pattée et gravée parallèlement aux rives. Sur la face "est", la surface de la pierre est légèrement bosselée comme si on avait voulu représenter des vermicules ou des sortes d'empreintes.
English translation
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History
Cross situated to the south of the chapel of Saint-Zénon, at the edge of the Sarre. It is a granite cross, stuck in the ground, carved from a flat block and taking the form of a cross potent. On the "west" face, cross potent and engraved parallel to the edges. On the "east" face, the surface of the stone is slightly bossed as if one had wished to represent vermiculations or sorts of impressions.
Nearby in the register
- Domaine de Ménoraychâteau1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Jeanchapelle1 mi
- Chapelle de Locmeltrochapelle2 mi
- Calvaire et bornes milliaires de Locmeltrocalvaire monumental2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.