Cross of Vitrat

Identity card

Inventory number: # 4

Commune : Crozant

Visibility : Cross visible from a public space

Presence of cupule : yes

Presence in the Napoleonic map : no

Dimensions* :

To find out more, let's dig into the depths of the territory's history...

*

The cross is badly damaged. It is seated on a baseplate (L : 110, W : 103, H : 66).

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross was restored in spring 2021.

Learn more about the repairs

Granite is ubiquitous here, it is everywhere in the fields

Each of the inventoried crosses was made by a different stonemason.

However, it seems that they all used the same model or « pattern ».

Each carver made his sculpture from some local granite stone known as a fieldstone.

Find out more with the expertise of Didier Fauguet, stone sculptor and carver.

Crozant type crosses are located between Oïl and Oc on the territory of the "croissant marchois".

This cross is located in Vitrat in a lane on the right of the road leading down to Crozant.

You can discover this cross during a 8 km walk north of Crozant.

You can discover this cross during a 12,6 km walk from l’Age-Quatre-Maux.