Teste-de-Buch / Boates / Civitas Boatium / La Teste-de-Buch
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kvardek du, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2010 by Kvardek du [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Teste-de-Buch_église.JPG] [accessed 31 December 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18927TES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Vincent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: originally the castle chapel, the church here dates from the 14thC
Church Address: rue Victor Hugo, 33260 La Teste De Buch, France
Site Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located opposite the Dune de Pilat, between the D1250 (W), the D112 (E) and the D217 (N), SE of Arcachon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Historical Region: Bassin d'Arcachon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font here, made of marble and with date suggested in the 17th or 18th century, is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM33000832]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 14th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 646786 4943803
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.632587, -1.149383
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 37′ 57.31″ N, 1° 8′ 57.78″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble