Paris No. 17 / Lutetia Parisiorum

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The church Saint-Médard, at the corner rue Censier/rue Mouffetard in Paris
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 March 2012 by LPLT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Médard.JPG] [accessed 13 May 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - plan
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 13651PAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Médard
Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Location: 39-41 rue Daubenton, 75005 Paris, France -- Tel.: +33 1 44 08 87 00
Country Name: France
Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located just N of the rue Mouffetard (W) and rue Monge (E) crossroads, N of Les Gobelins (Paris V)
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse métropolitain de Paris
Historical Region: Faubourg Saint-Marceau [until the Revolution]
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: original Merovingian cemetery discovered here and a church may have been destroyed in the Viking raids; 9thC chapel dedicated to St. Medard; parish church here known by 1163; present 15thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00088417]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font in this church is modern, a minimalist affair consisting of a plain round basin of brass mounted on a tube metal base; it is located in the baptistery, in a northwest corner chapel [NB: we have no information on the font of the late-medieval church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.839861,
2.350278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 50′ 23.5″ N,
2° 21′ 1″ E
UTM: 31U 452326 5409858