Vorges
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ByB (Bruno Barral), 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2006 by ByB (Bruno Barral) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_vorges.jpg] [accessed 2 January 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18945VOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: late-12thC church has nave of the period, 13thC transept, and 15thC tower -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115992]
Church Address: Place de l'église, 02860 Vorges, France -- Tel.: 03 23 24 74 85
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton of Laon-Sud, and ESE of Laon centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02001405]: "Cuve carrée portée par un fût monocylindrique [...] 17e siècle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 547431 5485271
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.5182,
3.6553
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 31′ 5.52″ N, 3° 39′ 19.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 97 x 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM02001405]]