Chateau-Gontier No. 2 / Château-Gontier
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Romain Bréget, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 4 September 2012 by Romain Bréget [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_la_Trinité_1.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08655CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the one at nearby Bazouges
Church / Chapel Name: Église de la Trinité [église de l’ancien couvent des Ursulines]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: 17thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109485]
Church Address: 6 place St-Jean, 53200 Château-Gontier, France -- Tel.: +33 2 43 07 13 18
Site Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the D22-D22E crossroads, E of Craon, in the canton and arr. de Château-Gontier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Historical Region: La Mayenne angevine, Haut-Anjou
Font Notes:
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Described in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 207): baptismal font of the 17th century very similar to the one at nearby Bazouges [cf. Index entry for Bazouges (Mayenne)]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.8285, -0.6972
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 49′ 42.6″ N, 0° 41′ 49.92″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
REFERENCES
- Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 207