Lautrec / Provillergues

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04138LAU
Object Type: Stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption [aka Notre-Dame de la paix / collégiale St Rémy / Notre Dame de Provillergues]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00135477]: "Eglise reconstruite à partir de 1394 [...] A gauche de l'édifice s'élève le clocher inachevé du 15e siècle, reconstruit en 1887 et portant une flèche de 1952."
Church Address: 81440 Lautrec, France
Site Location: Tarn, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the hamlet of Provilhergues, near Lautrec, about 16 km NW of Castres
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Albi
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: the base of this stoup is an inverted Romanesque capital ornamented with palmettes and geometric motifs.
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a holy-water stoup which has a non-descript basin precariously perched ["repose de guingois"] on an inverted Romanesque capital ornamented with palmettes and geometric motifs.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 430627 4839536
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.7056, 2.13897
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 42′ 20.16″ N, 2° 8′ 20.29″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 70