Loupian No. 1
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Loupian (Hérault) - église paléochrétienne - cuve baptismale."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 April 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loupian_cuve_baptismale.JPG] [accessed 14 February 2020]
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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
Font ID: 10445LOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Église paléo-chrétienne [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: in the ruins of the former Early Christian church
Church Address: D158, 34140 Loupian, France
Site Location: Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 549849 4810776
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.448224, 3.616078
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 26′ 53.6″ N, 3° 36′ 57.88″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone and brick
Font Shape: sunken font, hexagonal
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, vol. 1: p. 47-50