Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix dite Croix grande
Clairavaux, Creuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix dite Croix grande (cad. AE 87) : classement par arrêté du 20 décembre 1920
- Protection dates
- 1920/12/20 : classé MH
- Type
- croix de chemin
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 12e siècle, 1er quart 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Clairavaux
- Département
- Creuse
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.78580, 2.17563
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100046
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Sur un fût monolithe de section octogonale, une croix byzantine porte, en son centre, un Christ représenté avec une couronne, bras maigres et tendus, thorax décharné, jupon serré à la taille et plaqué sur les cuisses, pieds cloués d'un seul clou. Sur le revers, la Vierge est mutilée.
English translation
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History
On a monolith shaft of octagonal section, a Byzantine cross bears, at its centre, a Christ represented with a crown, thin and outstretched arms, emaciated thorax, skirt tight at the waist and pressed on the thighs, feet nailed with a single nail. On the reverse, the Virgin is mutilated.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Roch et de l'Assomption de Notre-Dameégliseunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Martial et Saint-Blaiseéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.