Miramont-de-Guyenne / Miramont de Lauzun
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18881MIR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Notre-Dame de l’Assomption [aka Eglise Sainte-Marie]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 47800 Miramont-de-Guyenne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located on the D933, 35 km WSW of Bergerac, ESE of Bordeaux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Church Notes: Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/eglise-notre-dame-de-l-assomption-14155] [accessed 19 December 2013] notes: "L’église de Miramont-de-Guyenne, qui date à l’origine du XIIIe siècle, est entièrement reconstruite à la fin du XIXe siècle dans le style gothique."
The present church dates from 1876 (the date of consecration; the actual date of completion was 1893). The original church of the medieval 'bastide' is believed to have been almost destroyed in the Hundred Year War. The church was re-built in the 17th century but witnesses accounts from soon after the Revolution reveal that the whole building was in a dreadful state of repair, with holes in the tower, the tabernacle replaced by the box of an old clock, etc. [source: Église de Miramont de Guyenne [http://cities.reseaudescommunes.fr/cities/768/documents/sebscdzip1vgqt.pdf [accessed 20 December 2013]]. The present font is a plain tapering hexagonal form on the outside, with a round inner well; modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
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