Roujan No. 1 / Château de Cassan / Rojan

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: general view of the Château de Cassan complex

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 March 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Cassan_vue_générale.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2014]

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view of church exterior in context - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 March 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Cassan_façade_occidentale.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19092ROU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Ancien prieuré dit château de Cassan [abbaye de Cassan / prieuré Notre-Dame de Cassan / Eglise prieurale Sainte-Marie de Cassan]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: avenue de Pézénas [route de Bédarieux], 34320 Roujan, France -- Tel.: 08.99.54.39.50

Country Name: France

Location: Hérault, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located on the D13, Located 10 km from Pézénas, 20 km from Béziers

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Béziers

Historical Region: Les Avant-Monts du Centre Hérault

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: original priory founded in 1080; priory church consecrated in 1115. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103685]: "Prieuré fondé au 11e siècle. Eglise consacrée en 1115. Bâtiment des Hôtes reconstruit et fortifié au 14e siècle."

Font Notes: Click to view

Sandstone baptismal font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM34001272]: "fonts baptismaux [...] grès [...] 11e siècle ; 12e siècle (?)".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.509027, 3.287541

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 30′ 32.5″ N, 3° 17′ 15.15″ E

UTM: 31T 523243 4817384

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone