Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix du 16e siècle
La Trinité-Porhoët, 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 16 février 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/02/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- rue du Val ; rue Billette
- Commune
- La Trinité-Porhoët
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.09750, -2.54889
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091762
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 1786 map "Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix calvaire en granit, située dans le bourg non loin de l'église. Long fût monolithe polygonale. A la base, la Vierge assise tenant l'Enfant. Au sommet, pierre rectangulaire sous pignon présentant, sur une face, au-dessous d'un trilobe, le Christ en croix entre la Vierge et Saint-Jean ; sur l'autre face, le Christ en majesté.
English translation
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History
Calvary cross in granite, situated in the town centre not far from the church. Long polygonal monolithic shaft. At the base, the Virgin seated holding the Child. At the top, rectangular stone under gable presenting, on one face, below a trefoil, the Christ on the cross between the Virgin and Saint John; on the other face, Christ in Majesty.
Nearby in the register
- Église de la Trinitéégliseunder 1 mi
- Croixcroix de cimetière2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.