Fontenay-le-Comte No. 3
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 February 2012 by Selbymay [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontenay_le_Comte_-_Eglise_Saint_Jean_(1).jpg] [accessed 27 December 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18912FON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century / 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: original church mid-11thC; present church 15thC re-building with 19thC modifications -- listed without date in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110101]
Church Address: 1 Rue Saint-Jean, 85200 Fontenay-le-Comte, France -- Tel.: +33 2 51 53 41 41
Phone: +33 2 51 53 41 41
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D938T, 25-30 km NW of Niort
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Luçon
Historical Region: Bas-Poitou
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11th-15thC church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the 15th-century church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 669026 5148183
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.466023, -0.798532
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 27′ 57.68″ N, 0° 47′ 54.71″ W