Cruas

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10449CRU
Object Type: Baptistery?
Font Century and Period/Style: pre-9th century?, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise abbatiale Sainte-Marie de Cruas
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Benedictine abbey built in 804 on the site of a Gallo-Roman villa and former late-5th or 6thC palaeo-Christian building -- abbey church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00116701]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle"
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 07350 Cruas, France
Site Location: Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D86, on the W bank of the Rhône river, 10-12 km N of Montélimar, 25-30 km S of Valence
Font Notes:
Although there are no remains at present of either baptistery ofrbaptismal font, it is believed that one existed in the location of the present abbey church or thereabouts

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 639789 4946344
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.65685, 4.76313
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 39′ 24.66″ N, 4° 45′ 47.27″ E