Montreuil-aux-Lions
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view of church exterior
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view of church exterior - tower - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 May 2011 by GO69 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montreuil-aux-Lions_(01)_Église_1.jpg] [accessed 10 January 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18983MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 02310 Montreuil-aux-Lions, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located on the D1003 [aka avenue de Paris], in the canton, and NW of Charly-sur-Marne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Church Notes: original church of the 12thC, with changes in 13thC and 16thC -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115831] -- there was a commandery of the Knights Templar in the nearby hamlet of Sablonnière since 1199
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font of the 13th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000831].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.020299, 3.195742
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 1′ 13.07″ N, 3° 11′ 44.67″ E
UTM: 31U 514311 5429731
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone