Champagnac-de-Belair / Campanhacum / Champagnac / Champagnac-de-Bel-Air

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view of church exterior
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font with the older cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2009 by Père Igor [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champagnac-de-Belair_église_fonts.JPG] [accessed 10 June 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18508CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale St-Christophe
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at D82-D83 crossroads, 5 km NE of Brantôme, 15 km S of Nontron
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Périgueux et Sarlat
Historical Region: Pays de Champagnac-en-Périgord
Church Notes: church inventoried in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082462]: "Eglise des 14e et 15e siècles, à une seule nef [...] A l'extérieur, tourelle d'escalier polygonale reposant sur une base carrée. Porte du 15e siècle [...] Clocher moderne." Most of the present church fabric appears to be 15thC-16thC.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font in this church is modern, probably 20th-century; it is a cylindrical basin decorated with Instruments of the Passion and an inscription from Mark 16:16. The metal cover, a low dome with a Latin cross finial, is older and may have belonged to the earlier font [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.393611,
0.698611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 23′ 37″ N,
0° 41′ 55″ E
UTM: 31T 319862 5029253