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Croix

Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve, Haute-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Croix (cad. non cadastrée) : inscription par arrêté du 4 novembre 1983
Protection dates
1983/11/04 : inscrit MH
Type
croix monumentale
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place de l'Eglise
Commune
Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.13955, 3.62415
Mérimée reference
PA00092839

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Parie Orientale Du Gouvernement General De Languedoc .." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La croix n'est pas antérieure au 18e siècle et remonte même peut-être au début du 19e. Le socle carré représente plus d'un tiers de la hauteur totale. Le fût, légèrement conique, porte le sommet du croisillon. Un chapiteau semi hémisphérique formant liaison entre fût et croisillon, est gravé d'une série continue de palmettes. Le croisillon de section carrée portait, à chacune de ses extrémités, une palmette du même type que celle qui a été replacée récemment au sommet. La liaison des pièces devait se faire par emboîtement. Entre chaque bras du croisillon, une série de trois flammes donne à l'ensemble forme circulaire. Un Christ aux bras étendus et aux jambes droites est représenté en haut relief.

English translation

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The cross is not earlier than the 18th century and may even date from the beginning of the 19th century. The square base represents more than a third of the total height. The shaft, slightly conical, bears the top of the cross-arm. A semi-hemispherical capital forming a link between shaft and cross-arm is carved with a continuous series of palmettes. The cross-arm of square section bore, at each of its ends, a palmette of the same type as that which was recently replaced at the top. The joining of the pieces must have been done by fitting. Between each arm of the cross-arm, a series of three flames gives the whole a circular form. A Christ with outstretched arms and straight legs is represented in high relief.

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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