Croix de Pierre Augé

Croix de Pierre Augé is a wayside cross in Caux, Arrondissement of Béziers, Occitanie. Croix de Pierre Augé is situated nearby to the social service facility Résidence Sainte Clotilde, as well as near the winery Domaine de l’Unique.

Type: Wayside cross
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Inscription: “Les amis du clocher de Caux (2013)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église de Saint-Gervais-et-Protais and Monastère Notre-Dame de Pitié de Mougères.

Église de Saint-Gervais-et-Protais

Church

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Église de Saint-Gervais-et-Protais is a church, which is situated 720 metres southeast of Croix de Pierre Augé.

Monastère Notre-Dame de Pitié de Mougères

Monastery

Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monastère Notre-Dame de Pitié de Mougères is a monastery, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Croix de Pierre Augé.

Lime kiln

Industrial building

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A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone to produce the form of lime called quicklime. The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take place at anywhere above 840 °C, but is generally considered to occur at 900 °C, but a temperature around 1,000 °C is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly. Lime kiln is situated 3 km east of Croix de Pierre Augé.