Cherbourg No. 2 / Carisburg / Carusburg / Chierebourg / Chieresburg / Chiersburg / Coriallo / Coriovallo / Octeville
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the ruins of the abbey and its church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © De Couville, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2008 by De Couville [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_ND_du_Voeu_Cherbourg3.jpg] [accessed 17 June 2015]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the abbey church in the context of the abbey ruins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © De Couville, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2008 by De Couville [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_ND_du_Voeu_Cherbourg1.jpg] [accessed 17 June 2015]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: a late-17thC rendering of the abbey church with its north-side cloister in the context of the restored abbey
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: 'Vue cavalière de l'abbaye du Vœu près de Cherbourg', dessin à la plume, fin XVIIIe siècle, Archives départementales de la Manche, série FI. reproduced in L'Abbaye du Vœu "près Chierebourg" de Jacqueline Vastel, UNICA, Ville de Cherbourg-Octeville, 2008, p. 57
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19891CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église abbatiale de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vœu / Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Voeu à Octeville [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Listed in Mérimée [réf.: PA00110364]: "L'abbaye Notre-Dame du Voeu fut fondée en 1145 par la Reine Mathilde, fille de Henri Ier, Roi d'Angleterre, épouse en secondes noces de Geoffroy Plantagenet, Comte d'Anjou, et consacrée en 1181. A la fin du 12e siècle sont construit les cuisines et le cellier, et l'église est achevée."
Church Address: rue de l'Abbaye, 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville, France -- Tel.: +33 2 33 08 26 00
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: the ruins of the abbey are located in Octeville, which is located at the extreme N of the 'presqu'île' of Cotentin -- Octeville merged with Cherbourg in 2000
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Coutances]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC original abbey church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the 12thC original abbey church now in ruins]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.6472, -1.6417
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 38′ 49.92″ N, 1° 38′ 30.12″ W