Bercy
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05322BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église communale Notre-Dame de Bercy / Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de Bercy
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin [from 1826]
Church Notes: 1677 'conventuelle' church; became parochial in 1790; almost totally destroyed 1821; re-built 1826; destroyed 1871; re-built thereafter; flooded in 1910; damaged 1944; damaged by fire 1982; restored 1985 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00086568]
Church Address: Pl. Lachambeaudie, 75012 Paris, France -- Tel.: +33 1 43 07 86 51
Site Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the 12e arrondissement, on the right side of the Quai de Bercy
Font Notes:
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Described in Esquié (1880) as one of several fonts richly decorated with the sculpted panels, religious subjects and curling mouldings typical of the Renaissance.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 455023 5409428
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.8362, 2.38708
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 50′ 10.32″ N, 2° 23′ 13.49″ E
REFERENCES
- Esquié, J.J., "Note sur une cuve baptismale en plomb", 8e série, t. II, 1880, Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles lettres, 1880, pp. 1-11 [-41?]; p. 447 fn1
- Esquié, J.J., "Note sur une cuve baptismale en plomb", 8e série, t. II, 1880, Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, inscriptions et belles lettres, 1880, pp. 1-11 [-41?]; p. 9n