Tag:memorial=cross
 memorial =
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Specifies a memorial as a cross. 
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A 
memorial cross is a cross-shaped memorial to commemorate a special event or an incident, typically where one or more people died. This tag is used in combination with historic=memorial to specify a memorial cross.
- Do not confuse with
historic=wayside_crossorman_made=cross.
How to map
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Tags used in combination
name=*– name by which the memorial is knowninscription=*– text of inscriptions on the memorialmaterial=*– main material of the memorialstart_date=*– erection date/year
See also
historic=wayside_cross– A (mostly) historical (usually christian) crosshistoric=high_cross– An early medieaval standing cross, richly decorated, often with a ring surrounding the crossing pointhistoric=market_cross– (mostly) stone cross that marks the location of the market in a mediaeval townhistoric=stone+stone_type=conciliation_cross– Conciliation crossman_made=cross– A cross with no historical or religious relationshipsummit:cross=yesattribute fornatural=peakorman_made=cross– if there is a summit cross on or nearby this peakhistoric=wayside_shrine– a small shrine showing a religious depiction, usually placed by a road or pathwayamenity=place_of_worship+place_of_worship=cross– if there are ceremonies of worshipping regularly performedmemorial=stele+stele=khachkarfor Armenian memorial stele bearing a cross