Croix de la Motte
Historic site and monument, Cross, Rural heritage
in Royère-de-Vassivière
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Located on the Vallière road, on the right as you leave Royère de Vassivière. This 3m-high cross depicts Christ on the cross in a diamond-shaped frame, with 2 figures (the Virgin and Saint John) carved on the lower uprights. The reverse features the Virgin and Child. It measures 3 meters and is accompanied by a table of the dead (coffin resting place) reminiscent of dolmen art. A holy-water stoup stands on the floor. Next to the cross is a motte castrale. This was a medieval fortification...
Located on the Vallière road, on the right as you leave Royère de Vassivière. This 3m-high cross depicts Christ on the cross in a diamond-shaped frame, with 2 figures (the Virgin and Saint John) carved on the lower uprights. The reverse features the Virgin and Child. It measures 3 meters and is accompanied by a table of the dead (coffin resting place) reminiscent of dolmen art. A holy-water stoup stands on the floor. Next to the cross is a motte castrale. This was a medieval fortification destroyed during the Hundred Years' War.
