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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 May 2009 by Janice Tostevin

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14759AUC
Church/Chapel: Cathedrale de Sainte-Marie / Basilique Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 5 rue Arnaud de Moles, 32000 Auch, France -- Tel.: +33 5 62 05 72 71
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located at the A21-A124 crossroads, 60 km NE of Tarbes, 65-70 km W of Toulouse . The church is located off (W) the N21, om the W bank of the Gers river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Gascony / Midi-Pyrénées
Century and Period: 8th - 16th century, Early Christian / Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photograph of this modern font
Church Notes: first church here 8thC; destroyed by the Arabs; re-built late-9thC; destroyed by fire 1171; re-built 14th-15thC; re-built 16th-19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094702]: "4e quart 15e siècle, 4e quart 17e siècle"
Baptismal font in black marble consisting of a hemispheric basin raised on a baluster-type round stem and an octagonal lower base and tiny square plinth. Crude wooden cover, round, plain and flat; modern. The modern font is located in the Chapelle de l'Immaculée Conception.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.646389, 0.585833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 38′ 47″ N, 0° 35′ 9″ E
UTM: 31T 305298 4835431