Saint-Etienne-de-Villereal / Saint-Etienne-de-Villeréal
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the later font [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - west view
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Image Source: digital photograph in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/eglise-saint-etienne-14309] [accessed 21 December 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18882VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Etienne de Saint-Etienne-de-Villeréal
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: Noted in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/eglise-saint-etienne-14309] [accessed 21 December 2013]: "D’origine romane, l’église Saint-Étienne est entièrement remaniée et agrandie au XVIe siècle, à la suite des guerres de Religion. [...] Au XIXe siècle, l’ancien clocher est remplacé. Le nouveau clocher est couvert d’une flèche élancée, dans un style néo-gothique"
Church Address: 35 Pl. de L'église, 47210 Saint-Étienne-de-Villeréal, France
Site Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D255, 3-4 km SSE of Villeréal, about 25 km SE of Bergerac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen
Historical Region: Haut-Agenais Périgord
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font consists of a round shallow basin raised on a round slender baluster pedestal base. Conical cover with tob-and-Latin-cross finial. Both modern [18th-century?]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 322588 4942771