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Wayside Cross of el Masnou

el Masnou, Maresme, Barcelona

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Wayside Cross of el Masnou

Monument · el Masnou, Maresme, Barcelona

A Gothic-style wayside cross, carved in stone, with an octagonal base and shaft, preserved inside the municipal cemetery of El Masnou (Maresme). It is about three metres high and consists of three parts: the base, with the inscription "Anno Christi MD" (year 1500); the shaft, surrounded by anthropomorphic reliefs framed in Gothic niches depicting eight saints no longer identifiable today; and the upper cross, with Christ crucified over a skull on one face and the Virgin and Child on the other. The architect Miquel Garriga i Roca designed the base and the landscaped surroundings, where commemorative plaques were placed to the people of El Masnou who fell in various wars. It is of a similar type to the crosses of Can Llaurador in Teià and of Alella.

Photo: Carlos Pino Andújar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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