Tusson

INFORMATION

FontID: 17497TUS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jacques

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Country Name: France

Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the D736, 7 km NE of Aigre, in the arrondissement de Confoles, canton d' Aigre

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax

Church Notes: original fabric of the13th-century , but mostly destroyed in the Hundred Year war; re-built in the 15th century -- the nearby Abbaye des Dames [aka Prieuré de Fontevristes Notre-Dame] dates from the 12th century

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in the Palissy dabase [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [référence IM16002281]: baptismal font of the 12th century made of granite, consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a cylindrical stem and round lower base; basin sides decorated with blind arches; mouldings; basin has damage that has been repaired with cement.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 272796 5091003

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone