Lodeve / Lodève / Luteva
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - portal
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baldiri, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2008 by Baldiri [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lodeva_catedral_2.jpg] [accessed 20 February 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19100LOD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Fulcran de Lodève
Church Patron Saints: St. Fulcran [orig. dedicated to St. Genesius of Arles]
Church Location: Place Hôtel de ville, 34700 Lodève, France -- Tel.: +33 4 67 44 06 32
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located 50 km NW of Montpellier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Montpellier [formerly in the Diocèse of Lodève]
Historical Region: Le Lodévois
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: there may have been a church here since the 4thC; some remains of the 6th-8th Visigothic church/cathedral in the Musée Fleury; reconsecrated in 985; re-built in the 13thC, 14th and 15thC, with the baptistery built in the 15thC; much damaged in the Wars of Religion and in the Revolution. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103478] as chiefly late-13thC
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font is a white marble vessel of the early 19th century. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) of the earlier periods of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.731926, 3.317384
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 43′ 54.94″ N, 3° 19′ 2.58″ E
UTM: 31T 525560 4842148