Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix de cimetière du 15e siècle
Coust, Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix du 15e siècle dans le cimetière (cad. ZB 25) : classement par arrêté du 26 septembre 1892
- Protection dates
- 1892/09/26 : classé MH
- Type
- croix de cimetière
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Dates
- 1472
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Dans le cimetière
- Commune
- Coust
- Département
- Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.69426, 2.59904
- Mérimée reference
- PA00096780
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Croix fleuronnée portant la Vierge sur une face et le Christ sur l'autre. Le fût, polygonal, devient quadrangulaire en s'amincissant vers le sommet. Il comporte des arcatures à pinacles dont quatre servaient de niches à statuettes.
English translation
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History
Floriated cross bearing the Virgin on one face and Christ on the other. The shaft, polygonal, becomes quadrangular as it tapers towards the top. It comprises arcatures with pinnacles of which four served as niches for statuettes.
Nearby in the register
- Église Notre-Dameégliseunder 1 mi
- Château du Creuzetchâteau1 mi
- Ouvrages du canal de Berrycanal2 mi
- Ouvrages du canal de Berrycanal2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.