Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de chemin de Montvianeix
Saint-Victor-Montvianeix, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix de chemin de Montvianeix : classement par arrêté du 14 octobre 1911
- Protection dates
- 1911/10/14 : classé MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Lieu-dit
- Montvianeix
- Commune
- Saint-Victor-Montvianeix
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.94024, 3.60322
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092401
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 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix remontant à la fin du 16e ou du début du 17e siècle. Son fût est cylindrique avec un chapiteau ionique servant de support à la tête de la croix. Les bras sont cylindriques, à fleurons. L'image du Christ occupe l'une des faces. Le nimbe qui rattache les bras de la croix à la forme d'une branche d'arbre.
English translation
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History
Cross dating from the end of the 16th or beginning of the 17th century. Its shaft is cylindrical with an Ionic capital serving as support for the head of the cross. The arms are cylindrical, with fleurons. The image of Christ occupies one of the faces. The nimbus which connects the arms of the cross takes the form of a tree branch.