Croix dite de l’église de Chantôme

Fiche d’identité

Numéro d’inventaire : # 14

Commune : Eguzon-Chantôme

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...

Cupule of 4 cm in diameter and 2 cm deep.
The cross is placed on a mortuary slab, head down.
It is very eroded and only has a foot stump left.

* Characteristics recorded in 2013 by Noëlle BERTRAND and François TABOURDEAU

Date of restoration and/or repairs :

This cross has not been restored or repaired.

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.

Cependant, il semble qu’ils aient utilisé the same model ou “patron”.

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

Find out more with l’expertise de Didier Fauguet, stone sculptor and carver.

Les croix de type Crozant sont implantées entre Oïl and Oc sur le territoire du “croissant marchois”.

This cross is located in the village of Chantôme, near the church, on rue de la Font Saint-Sylvain.

You can discover this cross and the heritage of this area during a 14 km walk prepared by KLEPSYDRA.