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Croix de chemin de Notre-Dame du Val

Sotteville-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La croix de chemin en totalité, y compris son emmarchement (cad. non cadastré, domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 28 septembre 2006
Protection dates
2006/09/28 : inscrit MH
Type
croix de chemin
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
CD 142
Commune
Sotteville-sur-Mer
Département
Seine-Maritime
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
49.86663, 0.81129
Mérimée reference
PA76000078

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "24 Forges, Neufchatel." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Croix de chemin dépendant de la léproserie de Notre-Dame du Val, construite en grès. Elle se compose d'un socle portant le chronogramme 1790 ou 1799, sur lequel repose un fût octogonal puis un noeud terminé par une croix en fer forgé. Son érection remonterait au 17e siècle. Les croix de léproserie marquaient la limite que les malades ne devaient pas franchir, sauf autorisation du prieur ou du maître. Elles étaient également des destinations ou des étapes de processions et signalaient le lieu comme terre d'asile ou d'aumône.

English translation

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Wayside cross belonging to the leper hospital of Notre-Dame du Val, built in sandstone. It consists of a base bearing the chronogram 1790 or 1799, on which rests an octagonal shaft then a knot terminated by an iron-forged cross. Its erection would date back to the 17th century. Leper hospital crosses marked the boundary that the sick should not cross except with permission of the prior or master. They were also destinations or stages of processions and signalled the place as land of refuge or alms.

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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