La Croix Torse
La Croix Torse is a wayside cross in Villemaury, Arrondissement of Châteaudun, Centre-Val de Loire. La Croix Torse is situated nearby to the church Église Saint-Pierre de Lutz-en-Dunois, as well as near the aerodrome Châteaudun Air Base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Lutz-en-Dunois and Châteaudun Air Base.
Église Saint-Pierre de Lutz-en-Dunois
Church
Photo: François GOGLINS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Lutz-en-Dunois is a church, which is situated 550 metres northeast of La Croix Torse.
Châteaudun Air Base
Aerodrome
Châteaudun Air Base was a French Air Force (French: Armée de l'Air base, between 1934 and 2014. The base was located approximately 3.5 kilometres southeast of Châteaudun and about 112 kilometres southwest of Paris.
Église Sainte-Madeleine
Church
Photo: Blood Destructor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Sainte-Madeleine is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of La Croix Torse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jallans and Châteaudun.
Jallans
Village
Photo: Blood Destructor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jallans is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in northern France. Jallans is situated 3½ km northwest of La Croix Torse.
Châteaudun
Town
Photo: Calips, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Châteaudun is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Châteaudun is situated 6 km west of La Croix Torse.
Marboué
Village
Photo: Selbymay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marboué is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. In June 1944, French resident of American citizenship, Virginia Roush, married to d'Albert Lake, was arrested near the village, she may have been tortured but never betrayed her fellow fighters. Marboué is situated 9 km northwest of La Croix Torse.
La Croix Torse
- Type: Wayside cross
- Category: historic site
- Location: Villemaury, Arrondissement of Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.05491° or 48° 3′ 18″ northLongitude
1.40855° or 1° 24′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8FW33C35+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1649643444OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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