Peyzac-le-Moustier No. 2 / Paisac e lo Mostièr / Peyzac-de-Montignac

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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the structure at the bottom right is an 'enfeu', a tomb built onto the church wall
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 18463PEY
Church/Chapel: Église Saint-Robert du Moustier
Church Patron Saints: St. Robert
Church Location: 24620 Peyzac Le Moustier
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D66 in the canton Montignac, arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda, 10 km from Montignac
Historical Region: The three hamlets Le Moustier, Peyzac and La Roque-Saint-Christophe merged in 1793 under the name 'Peyzac-de-Montignac'; in turn this became 'Peyzac-le-Moustier' in 1925
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 2nd - 5th century, Roman [altered]
Church Notes: church originally 12thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The holy-water stoup in this church is a monolith of rectangular shape, resembling an old Roman altar, which it may have been originally. The church itself is dated in Mérimée [référence PA00082765] as the former chapel of on ancient priory that apparently depended from La Roque-Saint-Christophe; dated 12th-century. [cf. Index entry for Peyzac-le-Moustier No. 1 for a font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
44.993806,
1.059667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
44° 59′ 37.7″ N,
1° 3′ 34.8″ E
UTM: 31T 347056 4984094