Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Obélisque astronomique
Orveau-Bellesauve, Loiret, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Obélisque astronomique : classement par arrêté du 28 août 1916
- Protection dates
- 1916/08/28 : classé MH
- Type
- monument
- Main period of construction
- 2e quart 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1748
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Orveau-Bellesauve
- Département
- Loiret
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.28703, 2.33665
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098979
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
Obélisque établi pour jalonner la méridienne de l'observatoire, témoignant de la grande opération astronomique du 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
Obelisk established to mark the meridian of the observatory, testifying to the great astronomical operation of the 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.