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Fanal Funéraire

Saint-Goussaud, Creuse, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Fanal Funéraire : classement par arrêté du 7 décembre 1914
Protection dates
1914/12/07 : classé MH
Type
lanterne des morts
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Goussaud
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.04083, 1.57980
Mérimée reference
PA00100166

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Lanterne des morts de plan carré, dressée à l'emplacement de l'ancien cimetière desaffecté. L'ouverture nécessaire à la manoeuvre de la lampe se trouve sur la face postérieure, au-dessus de l'arase de la table d'autel. Elle est construite en granit du pays.

English translation

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Lantern of the dead of square plan, erected at the site of the old disused cemetery. The opening necessary for the operation of the lamp is found on the rear face, above the top edge of the altar table. It is constructed of local granite.

Nearby in the register

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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