Gistoux / Chaumont Gistoux / Tchaumont Djistou

INFORMATION

FontID: 09553GIS

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste de Gistoux

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Chaussée de Huy, 214 1325 Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne

Directions to Site: Located off the N243 [aka Chaussée de Huy], 30-35 km SE of Brusslels

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Malines-Bruxelles

Historical Region: Brabant

Century and Period: 16th century, Gothic

Church Notes: present church built 1841

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font of the 16th century in the Gothic style [source: http://home.tiscali.be/be016790/asbl/almanach/chaumont-gistoux] [broken link / no longer available]. No mention of a font in the entry for this church in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10012635] [accessed 13 September 2024] [NB: unable to corroborate the earlier reference to a font here -- September 2024]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.685013, 4.694334

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 41′ 6.05 N, 4° 41′ 39.6″ E

UTM: 31U 619690 5616167

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone