Construction of the cross XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Estimated time of its production in granite.
3 janvier 1935
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 3 janvier 1935 (≈ 1935)
Official protection by ministerial decree.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
17th century cross of the Town Martel, at the branch of a dirt road west of the C.I.C. 23, about 1 km north, towards Guégon (Box ZL 62): inscription by order of 3 January 1935
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Origin and history
La Croix de la Ville Martel is a historic monument located near the town of Sotte, in the commune of Guéhenno, Morbihan (British). Dated from the 17th century, this granite monolithic cross is distinguished by its hollowed centre in the shape of a diamond and its arms drawn by four arches of tangential circle. It is located on the road to Guégon, about 1 km north of the centre-bourg, at the branch line of a dirt road.
The cross was listed as historic monuments on 3 January 1935, recognizing its heritage value. Its sober architecture, typical of the Breton crosses of that time, reflects both a religious function and a territorial marker. Available sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) confirm its protected status and precise location, although details of its sponsor or original use remain undocumented in the texts consulted.
This type of cross, frequent in Brittany, often served as a reference point for pilgrims, processions or parish boundaries. Their presence attests to the importance of the Christian faith in the organization of rural spaces in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Cross of the Martel City, with its patty shape and central evidencing, illustrates the local craftsmanship and lapidary traditions of the region, while stressing the symbolic role of these monuments in the community life then.
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