Gignac

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: " Eglise Saint Martin de Gignac Lot"

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "La nef centrale de l'église Saint Martin"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vayssie Robert, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph 17 January 2010 by Vayssie Robert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interieur_eglise_gignac.JPG] [accessed 23 August 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17289GIG
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Gignac
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 2 Place Saint-Martin, 46600 Gignac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Lot, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located at the D15-D87 crossroads, 15-20 km SSW of Brive-la-Gaillarde, about 150 km N of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 10th-11thC(?); re-built 12thC; damaged 14thC wars; re-built 15thC; modified 18thC -- Mérimée listing ref.: PA46000032
Penaud-Requier & Penaud (2010) note only one baptismal font in the two Romanesque churches of Gignac [the churches are Saint-Martin et Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in the village, and Saint-Bonnet, in the hamlet of Saint-Bonnet]; the font noted appears to be a late one [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of either church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.005419, 1.457727
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 0′ 19.51″ N, 1° 27′ 27.82″ E
UTM: 31T 378457 4984709

REFERENCES

Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010