Villeseque / Villesèque

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02525VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Cognate Fonts: Roche, Carnac, Bagneres-de-Bigorre (Fr.)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Michel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 46800 Villesèque, France
Site Location: Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Villesèque is NW of Toulouse and SW of Montauban (44 24N - 1 18E)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cahors
Font Notes:
Font encased in a decorated " armoire creusee", like those at Roche, Carnac and Bagneres-de-Bigorre, also in France (Chastel, 1966, p. 288)

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.391606, 1.315699
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 23′ 30″ N, 1° 18′ 57″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

  • Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966, p. 288