This cross is located in a place full of charm. A place that seems frozen for several centuries, a small cemetery coiled against its chapel, in the countryside. If the association was usual until the 19th century, these “couples” meet less and less often. So it is there, in the silence of Little Mazuras, against the wall that encloses the space of the dead that rises a beautiful two-sided cross, also visible from the world of the living.
It is made of granite, like the vast majority of crosses in Creuse. On one side, a virgin and child looks down on the graves and the village below. On the other side, a Christ on the cross embraces the surrounding fields and invites you to take the path that leads to the beautiful chaos of the Roches de Mazuras.
Another very worked bifacial cross, is enthroned on the square of the church of Soubrebost. Still made of granite, it has unfortunately not been spared by time. Its last restoration dates back to fifty years already. Its presence is reinforced by that of a magnificent Virgin and Child, partly enamelled, preciously preserved in the church.
I give you one last one to complete the series. It is located in the village of La Chapelle on the commune of Saint-Michel-de-Veisse. The place is beautiful and rich in legends. It is one of them that explains the construction of the gothic chapel with its remarkable stained glass window. At the other end of the hamlet, one of these crosses stands very high. Extremely elaborate, it perfectly completes the chapel – votive fountain ensemble. One could almost see a Breton calvary there!
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