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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2014 by Peter Potrowl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biarritz_-_Église_Saint-Martin_-_1.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2015]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2014
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2014 by Peter Potrowl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biarritz_-_Église_Saint-Martin_-_12.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2015]
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2011 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17670BIA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [référence PA00084357]
Church Address: 4, rue Saint Martin, 64200 Biarritz, France -- Tel : 05 59 23 05 19
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on rue St-Martin, just E of the crossing where the avenue Kennedy becomes avenue Foch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron
Historical Region: Aquitaine - Pays Basque
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, octagonal with moulded sides and an inscription in French around the sides. Its cover, a metal (?) octagonal pyramid, with an orb-and-cross finial is also modern. It is located in a small alcove off the nave, protected with a metal railing [NB: the original church is medieval, but we have no information on the medieval font]. The church of Sainte Eugénie is modern and has a modern font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 616817 4814489
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.4742, -1.55566
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 28′ 27.12″ N, 1° 33′ 20.38″ W