Villelongue

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04177VIL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye de Saint-Orens / Prieuré de Saint-Orens-en-Lavedan [orig. from Orliac]
Church Address: chemin Isaby, 5015 Herrole 65260 Villelongue, France
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D913, 5-6 km NNW of Argeles-Gazost
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a Romanesque stoup originally from the hamlet of Orliac; it has a square basin and a columnar base; the capitals of the squat columns of the base are ornamented with human heads, palmettes and crosses; the same source points out that the stem is not the original.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.95142, -0.034799
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 57′ 5.11″ N, 0° 2′ 5.27″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 175