Tag:historic=wayside_cross
 historic = wayside_cross
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A historical cross, symbol of christian faith. 
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Status: de facto
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wayside cross is a (mostly) historical (usually Christian) cross. Frequently found along the road in most Europe: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and other predominantly Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries.
Use man_made=cross for a cross with no historical or religious relationship.
Tag with a node 
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- name=* if it has a name
- religion=christian
- denomination=catholic or denomination=orthodox
- inscription=*
- material=*
- tourism=attraction if it's a tourist attraction
- start_date=* errection/sacrification date/year
- support=* mounting point<<!what it means in case of point tagging?>>
Tag history
historic=wayside_shrine, historic=wayside_cross were intended for tagging old shrines and old crosses. But introducing them was done without proposing a tagging scheme for modern crosses and modern shrines. As result tags changed meaning and are used for any shrine and any cross. Including ones that are neither historic nor wayside.
In case of crosses man_made=cross is available as a viable alternative for modern constructions.
Photos
Schäderkreuz, Vienna
See also
- man_made=cross for other crosses
- summit:cross=yes attribute for natural=peak
- historic=wayside_shrine for shrines along a way.
- historic=high_cross
- historic=market_cross
- amenity=place_of_worship and Taginfo-values for place_of_worship:type