wayside cross

cross by a footpath, track or road
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Summary

wayside cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wayside cross's religion is recorded as Christianity[2].
  • wayside cross's architectural style is recorded as vernacular architecture[3].
  • wayside cross is a type of monumental cross[4].
  • wayside cross is a type of structure of worship[5].
  • wayside cross is a type of Christian cross[6].
  • wayside cross is a type of cross[7].
  • wayside cross is a type of small monument[8].
  • wayside cross's Commons category is recorded as Wayside crosses[9].
  • wayside cross's located in/on physical feature is recorded as public space[10].
  • wayside cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wayside crosses[11].
  • wayside cross's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=wayside_cross[12].
  • wayside cross's different from is recorded as peirón[13].
  • wayside cross's different from is recorded as wayside shrine[14].
  • wayside cross's different from is recorded as tree shrine[15].
  • wayside cross's different from is recorded as calvary[16].
  • wayside cross's different from is recorded as Q141516163[17].
  • wayside cross's properties for this type is recorded as P625[18].
  • wayside cross's properties for this type is recorded as P131[19].
  • wayside cross's properties for this type is recorded as P571[20].
  • wayside cross's properties for this type is recorded as P18[21].
  • wayside cross's P14692 is recorded as 1437[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include monumental cross[4], structure of worship[5], Christian cross[6], cross[7], and small monument[8].

Influence

Things named for wayside cross include Bear-Cross Pass[23], a mountain pass[24], in Georgia[25].

Why It Matters

wayside cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (259 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for it include Bear-Cross Pass[23], a mountain pass[24], in Georgia[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · JAn Dudík · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → monumental cross, structure of worship, Christian cross +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: small monument"
  2. 8d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → peirón, wayside shrine, tree shrine +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'gl', 'hr', 'it', 'lb',
    Subclass of → monumental cross, structure of worship, Christian cross +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: wayside shrine"
  3. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → 1437
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0204565-krize
    Aliases → —
    Located in/on physical feature → public space
    Properties for this type → P625, P131, P571 +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0204565-krize, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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