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Scene Description: the modern font
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17488OLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2011-07-19
Font Date: ca. 1080?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Croix d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Font Location in Church: [disappeared font?]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: 1 Pl. Abbé Manjoulet, 64400 Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax
Historical Region: Aquitaine / Haut Béarn
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: the present font is modern, consisting of a shallow round basin decorated with a roundel pattern all around the sides; raised on a baluster-shaped pedestal base and a narrow square plinth. [NB: the church dates from ca. 1080, but we have no information on its early font]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.189167, -0.606111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 11′ 21″N, 0° 36′ 22″E