Paris No. 3 / Lutetia Parisiorum

INFORMATION

FontID: 03078PAR

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Sulpice

Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]

Church Location: 2 Rue Palatine, 75006 Paris, France -- Tel.: +33 1 46 33 21 78

Country Name: France

Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France

Directions to Site: In the Place de St-Sulpice, Luxembourg quarter (metro St-Sulpice)

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse métropolitain de Paris

Font Location in Church: By the main door

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Neoclassical

Cognate Fonts: See its twin

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

One of two holy-water stoups, each made of a very large shell resting on a base done by Jean-François Pigalle. The shells themselves are said to be a gift from Venice to king François I (France, 1985)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.851111, 2.334722

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 51′ 4″ N, 2° 20′ 5″ E

UTM: 31U 451195 5411118

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: , type unknown

Font Shape: other (shell-shaped)

Basin Exterior Shape: other (shell-shaped)

REFERENCES

Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985