Breil-sur-Roya

INFORMATION

FontID: 03675BRE

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise Sancta-Maria-in-Albis [aka Santa-Maria-in-Albis, Sainte-Marie-in-Albis]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Pl. Brancion, 06540 Breil-sur-Roya, France

Country Name: France

Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located off the D6204, about 30 km NE of Nice, close to the border with Italy.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nice

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080676]: "17e siècle ; 18e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view

Round water stoup described as being from the original church, "de facture sobre est sculpté dans une pierre extrêmement dure". (Patrimoine…Alpes-Maritimes, v. 1, p. 150)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.9381, 7.51427

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 56′ 17.16″ N, 7° 30′ 51.37″ E

UTM: 32T 380759 4866071

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

Font Shape: hemispherical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000