Champlon-Famenne / Champlon

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view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2015
Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1975 by I.R.P.A. [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=M227882&objnr=10034041&nr=2] [accessed 28 October 2015
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 20090CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: rue de la Forêt, 6900 Champlon-Famenne, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Marche-en-Famenne, about 4 km SE of this town's centre
Historical Region: Ardennes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, S side
Church Notes: original church 18thC; present church 1873-1875; restored 1960s
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=A077636&objnr=10034084&nr=90] [accessed 28 October 2015] as a baptismal font date 1501-1600. It consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with human heads protruding at 90-degree angles; raised on a short and thin round stem, and an octagonal pedestal base broached to square at the bottom. No cover present. [cf. Index entry for Champlon No. 2 for an earlier font at the modern church of St-Remacle]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 12' 59.41" N,
5° 22' 44.61" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 97.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]