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The cross de chemin de Saint-Michel-de-Veisse is a listed historical monument located in the municipality of the same name, in Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine). Cut in granite, it dates from the first quarter of the 16th century and is located at the intersection of working paths, close to the chapel of the Borne. Its rural location and its sober bill make it a typical testimony of the late medieval crossroads crosses, often linked to functions of identification or symbolic protection.

Ranked by ministerial decree on 20 July 1920, this cross today belongs to the commune of Saint-Michel-de-Veisse. Its location, noted as "passible" (level 5/10) in heritage databases, reflects the limitations of old geographic surveys. Available sources, such as Monumentum, highlight its role as a territorial marker in an agricultural landscape, without specifying any sponsors or specific liturgical contexts.

The beginning of the 16th century in Limousin, a region marked by a rural economy and dense parish networks, saw this type of monuments flourish. The road crosses were often used as assembly points for processions, terminals delimiting land, or as symbols of Christianization of peripheral areas in villages. Their presence near chapels, as here at La Borne, reinforces the hypothesis of both practical and spiritual use, although the local archives do not keep the written record.

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