Crosses

Built using wood salvaged from the ruined village of Bazentin, this unique cross survived both war and decay.

A wooden crucifix that survived a catastrophic earthquake, stared down a tyrannical aristocrat, and still draws Santiago’s faithful centuries later.

This 8-foot Anglo-Saxon cross is a rare surviving example of Mercian craftsmanship.

Where water once promised healing.

A former execution site with ornate rock carvings of mysterious origin.

This memorial cross along a roadside in Old Goa, India marks the spot of once bustling, but long-gone community.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

A purported 17th-century religious artifact with noteworthy associations to Catholic history in the U. S.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

A medieval emblem located in the middle of a racetrack.

This simple wooden cross is said to mark the grave of an unknown sailor who washed ashore nearby.

The only surviving relic of the abandoned Dominican convent.

Dedicated to the victims of a tragic ferry disaster in Goa.

This cross marks the site of a 16th-century Portuguese gunpowder factory.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

A rare example of a gritstone cross in this region of the United Kingdom.

This shrine is dedicated to a symbol of the Maya people's struggle against inequality and injustice.