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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19077NER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges de Néris-les-Bains
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: church originally 12th and 13thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093242]: "Edifice présentant trois époques de construction : période romaine pour les murs nord-ouest et sud-ouest ; 11e siècle pour le chevet et les transepts ; 12e siècle pour les nefs".
Church Address: 3 Pl. de la République, 03310 Néris-les-Bains, France -- Tel.: +33 4 70 03 25 33
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2144, 8 km SE of Montluçon, 8 km W of Commentry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Font Notes:
Stoup reported in an oral presentation by Georges de Soultrait to the 21st session of the 1854 Congrès archéologique de France, as a Romanesque holy-water stoup decorated with crude arches.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 473980 5126040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.28744, 2.66221
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 17′ 14.78″ N, 2° 39′ 43.96″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Société française d'archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France (XXIe session, Moulins, France, 1854), Paris: Derache, 1855, p. 121