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view of church exterior

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view of church exterior in context

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19066MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: place Notre-Dame, 03100 Montluçon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located S of Saint-Victor, N of Lavault-Sainte-Anne, 59 km from Guéret, 61 km from Moulins, 72 km from Clermont-Ferrand, 84 km de Bourges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Historical Region: Le Bocage bourbonnais -- Massif central
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [base only] [composite stoup], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: original church here was 12thC; re-built ca.1400. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093169]: "Edifice présentant un plan à deux nefs, reconstruite par le duc Louis II de Bourbon à l'emplacement d'une église romane vers 1400. Les travaux se poursuivirent au 15e siècle pour en faire une église gothique. L'absidiole nord, quelques parties du croisillon nord, deux murs du choeur et les piles nord de la nef datent du 12e siècle. Le chevet, la croisée du transept, la majeure partie du bas-côté sud remontent au 16e siècle. Les chapelles latérales nord sont du 15e siècle. La porte de la façade occidentale est du 17e siècle, avec pilastres et fronton à niche."
The church of Notre-Dame in this same town has a 18th century stoup mounted on a former 13th-century capital [referred to in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, v. p. 733; -- to be documented on site if possible] [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.340749, 2.60512
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 20′ 26.69″ N, 2° 36′ 18.43″ E
UTM: 31T 469610 5131984

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone