Chemin de Croix - Stations of the Cross - Sayabec, Québec
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N 48° 33.922 W 067° 39.994
19U E 598375 N 5379999
Ce chemin de croix extérieur, en pierre tuffa, avec gravures en or bronze, est situé dans le cimetière J.C. Saindon, à Sayabec. This Way of the Cross, made of tuffa stone and gold bronze etchings, is located in the J.C. Saindon cemetery, in Sayabec.
Waymark Code: WMKQBT
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 05/16/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member sfwife
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Le cimetière J.-C. Saindon renferme un chemin de croix fabriqué par la Compagnie Statuaires Deprato Limitée de Montréal et vendu à la Fabrique de Sayabec le 19 octobre 1928. L'œuvre d'art est constitué de quatorze gravures de couleur or bronze encadrées de pierres tuffa, relatant quatorze scènes de la Passion du Christ.

Référence: (visit link)

(La pierre tuffa est une pierre composée de cendres, de gravier et contenant tantôt de la lave, tantôt du basalte qu’on trouve en Islande. - Texte sur un panneau érigé au cimetière)

Translation

The J.C. Saindon cemetery holds a Way of the Cross made by the Statuaires DePrato Company Limited of Montreal and sold to the parish of Sayabec on October 19, 1928. The artwork consists of fourteen etchings of gold bronze inserted within and surrounded by tuffa stones recounting fourteen scenes of the Passion of Christ.

(Tuffa stone is composed of ashes, gravel and sometimes, contains lava and sometimes basalt which can be found in Iceland. (Translated text on an information panel located in the cemetery)
Artist: Compagnie Statuaires Deprato Limitée de Montréal

Date: 19 octobre 1928 - October 19, 1928

Materials: Pierre tuffa et gravures en or bronze - Tuffa Stone and Gold Bronze etchings

Website: Not listed

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