Saint-Auban / Sant Auban / Sant'Albano sull'Esterone
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human figure - head
INFORMATION
FontID: 03686AUB
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Étienne de Saint-Auban
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 06850 Saint-Auban, France
Country Name: France
Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located off the D2211A, 29 km E of Castellane, 60 km NW of Grasse
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: present church 1564 replaced an earlier one on a different site
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Rounded water stoup with one crudely carved front-facing round face, said to have originated in the 13th century town castle now destroyed. The object itself is probably also from that date and now serves as a water stoup at the parish church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.84853,
6.72572
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 50′ 54.71″ N,
6° 43′ 32.59″ E
UTM: 32T 317196 4857564
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000