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Patrimoine & Culture
CROIX DE PIERRE DU BUFFRE
📍 Hures-la-Parade, Lozère
· Le Buffre, 48150 Hures-la-Parade
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"A staircase of two circular steps supports a rectangular limestone slab. The base, cylindrical at the beginning, tapers slightly into a truncated cone at the top. It is carved in a round hump, the other side bearing no decoration. In the center, a very protruding human head serves as a stoup. To the right, on the north side, a figure shows a cross in one hand and an object appearing to be a key in the other. On the opposite side, a second figure, leaning on a cross, holds a sort of globe in his right hand, resting on his heart.
It could be Saint Peter and Saint Paul, or Saint John. The cross is rectangular in cross-section. The arms and the top end in a hemispherical globe representing a head above which is indicated the date 1161.
This monument is the oldest wayside cross in the department".
Information from the Mérimée base
It could be Saint Peter and Saint Paul, or Saint John. The cross is rectangular in cross-section. The arms and the top end in a hemispherical globe representing a head above which is indicated the date 1161.
This monument is the oldest wayside cross in the department".
Information from the Mérimée base