[Tagging] road accident memorials

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Sun Jun 11 09:29:30 UTC 2023


I typically tagged such crosses as man_made=cross

historic=memorial memorial=cross man_made=cross ?

Jun 11, 2023, 02:27 by annekadistel at web.de:

> A historic=wayside_cross does not mark the spot; it is not left in a
> location where someone is buried or died. It is a way to make sure the
> soul of the deceased gets into heaven easier by having passers by pray
> for the soul. You don't have to believe in it, but that's what people
> believed back then (and maybe some still do).
>
note that it is not the only reason for placing them

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