Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Obélisque astronomique, dit aussi Méridienne
Manchecourt, Loiret, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Obélisque astronomique, dit aussi Méridienne : classement par arrêté du 16 septembre 1916
- Protection dates
- 1916/09/16 : classé MH
- Type
- monument
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1748
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Commune
- Manchecourt
- Département
- Loiret
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.24485, 2.33666
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098813
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 1713 map "Le Berri et Le Nivernois, La Beauce et La Sologne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Monument élevé par Cassini au 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
Monument erected by Cassini in the 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.