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view of church exterior - east end - apse
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Scene Description: the tower of the church and the castle cheek by jowl
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Scene Description: the tower of the church and the castle cheek by jowl
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the castle next to the church is 16th-century; only the ruins of the 'donjon' of the nearby 13th-century castle survive
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2005 by Franzwa [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stgenies.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2013]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18542GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Asumption of St. Mary
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the RD-64, 11 km SE of Montignac, 12 km NNE of Sarlat-la-Canéda
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse Périgueux - Sarlat
Historical Region: Périgord noir -- Communauté de communes du Salignacois
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082839]: "Abside romane du 12e siècle. Nef du 15e siècle, restaurée au 19e. Portail et clocher datent également de la fin du 15e siècle [...]" -- noted in Wikipedia [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Notre-Dame_de_l'Assomption_de_Saint-Geniès] [accessed 26 July 2013]: "L'église apparaît dans des documents en 1168. Elle est déjà dédiée à la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie. Elle dépend alors de l'abbaye de Saint-Amand-de-Coly."
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church is modern, an octagonal basin with carved sides and underbowl, raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, and a round-tosquare-lower base. There is an inscription with the name of the donor on the stem. The font is modern. [NB: we have no information on the font from the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.994083, 1.250833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 59′ 38.7″ N, 1° 15′ 3″ E