Aubervilliers
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: at rue Charron and place de la Mairie
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archimatth, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2009 by Archimatth [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubervilliers_Notre_Dame_des_Vertus_façade_et_coté_rue_Charron.png] [accessed 6 January 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the prominent church tower in the context of the Place de la Mairie
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archimatth, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2009 by Archimatth [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubervilliers_centre_fr.png] [accessed 6 January 2014]
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view of font and cover
![the modern font and cover [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140106015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font and cover [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archimatth, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2009 by Archimatth [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubervilliers_Fonds_baptismaux_2_Notre_Dame_des_Vertus.png] [accessed 6 January 2014]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claude Villetaneuse, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 June 2008 by Claude Villetaneuse [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aubervilliers_-_ND_Vertus_-_Fonts_Baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 6 January 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18967AUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Vertus
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Place de la Mairie, 93300 Aubervilliers, France
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located E of Saint-Denis, S of La Courneuve, N of Paris (Porte d'Aubervilliers et Porte de la Villette)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Denis
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: original 15thC church expanded 16th-17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00079927]
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font of this church is modern; it consists of an octagonal basin the sides decorated with a mouldings and a Latin inscription, the sides of the underbowl chamfer with cherub heads at the angles; plain octagonal pedestal base with mouldings on the lower base. Octagonal pyramidal metal cover with doves and plamettes on the panels; the font is fixed to the upper rim of the basin but has panels(s) that open for access to the inner well. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 15th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.914444, 2.382222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 54′ 52″ N, 2° 22′ 56″ E