Croix

Beaumont, Corrèze, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection: inscrit MH
Extent of protection: Croix située sur la place du bourg : inscription par arrêté du 19 mars 1927
Protection dates: 1927/03/19 : inscrit MH
Type: croix monumentale
Main period of construction: 16e siècle
Ownership: propriété de la commune
Address: place du Bourg
Commune: Beaumont
Département: Corrèze
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Coordinates: 45.42210, 1.80233
Mérimée reference: PA00099683

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Historique

Croix située sur la place du bourg. Elle se trouvait autrefois sur la tombe d'un chevalier. En granit, avec fût monolithe. Sur le socle sont posés deux personnages debout, un de chaque côté de la croix qui porte un Christ crucifié. Sur le fût se trouve sculpté un personnage debout.

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History

Cross situated on the village square. It was formerly found on the tomb of a knight. In granite, with monolithic shaft. On the base are positioned two standing figures, one on either side of the cross which bears a crucifix. On the shaft is carved a standing figure.

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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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