2023-11-01 06:13:24
They are called slaughter crosses, from the verb occire, to kill. They bloom at the bend of the roads, often national ones, at the place where a fatal accident has occurred. These small buildings are erected by relatives, in memory of the deceased. These are in no way burial sites, of course, but memorial sites.
This is the case along rue de Corbais, in the town of Mont-Saint-Guibert. In the middle of fresh and artificial flowers, a cherub, a cross and a motorcycle helmet. In the town, many residents, like the mayor Julien Breuer, know the meaning of this altar erected by the family:
” This cross is there in memory of a young man from the village who had an unfortunate motorcycle accident, at the intersection of rue de Corbais and chemin de Sevièze; it was in the early 2000s, he died and this cross is still decorated with flowers by his mother. It is, so to speak, part of the public domain, no one questions its presence there. “
Four other crosses are present on the territory of the municipality and as long as they do not present a danger to security, the mayor happily authorizes them.
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