Chateauneuf-Grasse No. 2 / Châteauneuf-Grasse

INFORMATION

FontID: 03672CHA
Church/Chapel: Baptistery [disappeared] in the present church of Notre-Dame-du-Brusc de Châteauneuf-Grasse
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for thechurch] 351 Chem. de Notre Dame du Brusc, 06740 Châteauneuf-Grasse, France
Country Name: France
Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located off the D3, 2 km S of Châteauneuf-Grasse, about 15 km N of Cannes
Font Location in Church: Originally the baptistery was attached to the west wall of the church, later under a porch
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church Notes: It is now part of the church of Notre-Dame-du-Brusc
Only the heptagonal sunken basin remains now of what is the first rural baptistery discovered in Provence. The baptistery was a square building ornamented with blind arches attached to the west wall of the original church, but was removed in the 11th century and transformed into a porch six centuries later. [cf. Chateauneuf No. 1 for details of the extant sunken basin] (Patrimoine…Alpes-Maritimes, 2000, v. 1, p. 90).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.6542, 6.98522
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 39′ 15.12″ N, 6° 59′ 6.79″ E
UTM: 32T 337530 4835439

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000
Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998