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Croix en pierre du 16e siècle

Vollore-Ville, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Croix en pierre du 16s, située sur la place publique : classement par arrêté du 20 décembre 1905
Protection dates
1905/12/20 : classé MH
Type
croix monumentale
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Dates
1535
Commune
Vollore-Ville
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.78644, 3.60008
Mérimée reference
PA00092474

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Replacée au centre d'une vasque servant de fontaine, cette croix en lave du 16e siècle présente un fût galbé en forme de balustre, lequel est garni, à son renflement, de feuillages plats de la Renaissance au-dessous desquels une inscription en relief relate les circonstances et la date de son érection (1535). Au centre de la hauteur du fût se détachent, en haut relief, des enfants portant un écusson. La croix proprement dite a ses branches terminées par des choux frisés. Son nimbe est formé de têtes d'anges et de têtes de mort. Sur une face se trouve représenté le Christ ; sur l'autre la Vierge mère. Un petit soubassement, séparant la croix de son fût, est flanqué de quatre personnages.

English translation

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Placed at the centre of a basin serving as a fountain, this lava cross from the 16th century features a baluster-shaped shaft, which is adorned, at its swelling, with flat Renaissance foliage below which an inscription in relief recounts the circumstances and date of its erection (1535). At the centre of the height of the shaft stand out, in high relief, children bearing a shield. The cross properly speaking has its branches terminated by curled cabbages. Its nimbus is formed of angels' heads and death's heads. On one face is represented Christ; on the other the Virgin Mother. A small base, separating the cross from its shaft, is flanked by four figures.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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