Gaillan nr. Puycasquier
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto (Nouveaux Aturins), 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2014 by Alberto (Nouveaux Aturins) [http://nouveauxaturins.blogspot.ca/2014/08/societe-archeologique-du-gers-1.html] [accessed 11 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20418GAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Chapelle Notre-Dame de Gaillan
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Gaillan, 32120 Puycasquier, France
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off (SW) the D105, W of the D212, SW of Puycasquier, on a path [chemin rural dit de l'Eglise de Gaillan] that goes from Puycasquier towards the Ruisseau des Courdaux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Gascogne / Midi-Pyrénées
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: originally 14thC (?) was much damaged during the Revolution; restored early-19thC
Font Notes:
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The church is noted in Drochon's Histoire illustrée des pèlerinages français de la Très Sainte Vierge (Paris: Librairie Plon. [1890]: 559) as a 14th-century church that became "un lieu de pèlerinage célèbre" at the time of the Black Death. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 14th-centry chapel here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.741929, 0.741729
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 44′ 30.94″ N, 0° 44′ 30.22″ E
REFERENCES
Drochon, Jean-Emmanuel B., Histoire illustrée des Pèlerinages français de la Très Sainte Vierge, Marseille: Libraririe Fauget, 1890