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high cross

free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated
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high cross

Summary

high cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • high cross is a type of Christian cross[2].
  • high cross is a type of fixed construction[3].
  • high cross is a type of stone cross[4].
  • high cross's Commons category is recorded as High crosses[5].
  • high cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:High crosses[6].
  • high cross's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=high_cross[7].
  • high cross's different from is recorded as Celtic cross[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Christian cross[2], fixed construction[3], and stone cross[4].

Why It Matters

high cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Kolja21 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Christian cross, fixed construction, stone cross
    Gnd id → 4057205-5
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P227]]: 4057205-5"
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