Berg bij Tongeren

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph takem 17 June 2012 by Michielverbeek [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tongeren-Berg,_parochiekerk_Sint_Martinus_oeg37432_foto3_2012-06-17_11.49.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2015]

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view of church interior - Holy Rood

Scene Description: early-16thC crucifix and the 15thC 'Apostelbalk'

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KerkBerg_29-06-2008_12-43-00.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KerkBerg_29-06-2008_12-40-44.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2015]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2008 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KerkBerg_29-06-2008_12-46-23.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20070BER
Church/Chapel: Sint-Martinuskerk / Parochiekerk Sint Martinus
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 3700 Berg bij Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Tongeren
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: church nave originally 11thC; tower 12thC; sacked 1746; secularied in 1795; carefully restored 1980s
A stone baptismal font of the 12th century was found disused in the rectorage garden and brought back into the church, beneath the tower, probably in the 1980s, when the church was restored. BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M026759&objnr=64903&nr=35] [accessed 25 October 2015] reports a metal baptismal container of the 1850s here, but gives no details of the 12th-century font (?).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.7904, 5.49333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 47′ 25.44″ N, 5° 29′ 35.99″ E
UTM: 31U 675732 5629481

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone