Limoux No. 2 / Limós
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhardhauke, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2013 by Reinhardhauke [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limoux_Basilique_Notre-Dame_de_Marceille_4369.JPG] [accessed 1 March 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19113LIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Basilique Notre-Dame de Marceille
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 11300 Limoux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aude, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located 30 km S of Carcasonne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne [formerly Diocèse de Limoux]
Historical Region: Le Razès -- Le Limouxin / Languedoc-Roussillon
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: church originally 11thC or 12thC, with Vierge Noire of the 11thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00102747]: "L'église est citée en 1214. Il s'agissait d'une simple église rurale votive, avec prieuré uni d'abord au collège de Narbonne, à Paris, puis à celui des Doctrinaires de Limoux."
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 11th or 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.06725, 2.226189
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 4′ 2.1″ N, 2° 13′ 34.28″ E