Croix de Briges

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The Cross of Briges is a cross located in Auroux, France.

Description: The cross is mounted on a niche pedestal, in which Saint John the Baptist figure. This cross consists of a granite hexagonal barrel topped by a basalt cross. This cross with grooved arms finished with carved florets presents to the obverse a Christ on the cross surrounded by the Virgin and Saint John and, on the reverse, a virgin of pity.

Location: La Croix is located in the centre of the village of Briges on the commune of Auroux, in the French department of Lozère.

History: This 16th-century cross, erected in 1877 in its present form, comes from the cemetery of the monastery of Saint-Benoît today disappeared. It was restored in 2012. The building was listed as historic monuments in 1926.

Related articles: List of historical monuments of the Lozère

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