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Croix de cimetière

Aiffres, Deux-Sèvres, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Croix de cimetière : classement par arrêté du 22 mars 1889
Protection dates
1889/03/22 : classé MH
Type
croix de cimetière
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Aiffres
Département
Deux-Sèvres
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.28161, -0.41382
Mérimée reference
PA00101163

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1621 map "Carte du Pais d'Aunis Ville et Gouvernement de la Rochelle." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le Poitou compte un certain nombre de lanternes des morts et de croix de cimetière. Ces dernières présentent un fût élancé en plein, sans lanterne. Elles sont en général placées sur un emmarchement à plusieurs degrés. Celle d'Aiffres est constituée par un pilier de section quadrilobée qui se termine en cône.

English translation

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Poitou has a certain number of lanterns of the dead and cemetery crosses. The latter present an elongated solid shaft, without lantern. They are generally placed on a base with several steps. That of Aiffres is constituted by a pillar of quadrilobed section which terminates in a cone.

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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