Loupian No. 1

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Loupian (Hérault) - église paléochrétienne - cuve baptismale."

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Loupian (Hérault) - église paléochrétienne (moitié de nef visible) et baptistère. L'autre moitié de la nef est située sous la route. L'actuelle église Sainte-Cécile est visible de l'autre côté de la route."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fagairolles 34, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 April 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loupian_eglise_paleochretienne.JPG] [accessed 14 February 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10445LOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paléo-chrétienne [in ruins]
Church Location: D158, 34140 Loupian, France
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D158, S of the A9, 3 km NE of Meze. The archaeological site is near the village, by the église Sainte-Cécile
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Location in Church: in the ruins of the former Early Christian church
Century and Period: , Early Christian
Hexagonal font built into the site of a Gallo-Roman villa; the remains of the font consist of a full vertical side and fragments of the two contiguous sides, as well as the bottom of the font; not clear which parts of the font were at or below ground level originally.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.448224, 3.616078
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 26′ 53.6″ N, 3° 36′ 57.88″ E
UTM: 31T 549849 4810776

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone and brick
Font Shape: hexagonal (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998