Lyon No. 5 / Liyon / Lugdunum

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view of church interior - altar and retable
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view of church interior - crypt - looking east
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view of church interior - monument
view of church interior - mosaic
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19448LYO
Church/Chapel: Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 8 Place de Fourvière, 69005 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 25 13 01
Country Name: France
Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located in the heights of Lyon, where the former Roman forum was
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century (late), Modern
Church Notes: built 1872-1884 by architect Pierre Bossan in the former old Roman forum of Trajan
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of red-ochre marble, consisting of a trefoil-shaped basin and a polygonal pedestal base decorated with a graded moulding. The font has a tall backdrop on which is a large seraphim.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.7625,
4.8225
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 45′ 45″ N,
4° 49′ 21″ E
UTM: 31T 641722 5069275
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Font Shape: trefoiled (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: trefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: trefoil