Evreux No. 3 / Évreux

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church exterior in context - north view

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20482EVR
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: rue Charles Corbeau, 27000 Évreux, France -- Tel.: +33 2 32 33 06 57
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located on the N13, SW of Huest, N of Angerville-la-Campagne, 75 kms W of Paris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian? / Gallo-Roman?
Church Notes: original church may have been here in Gallo-Roman times; a church here is claimed to have been re-built on the occasion of Rollo's [aka Rollon] baptism; re-built 11thC; destroyed by fire 1119, and probably twice again through the 12thC; re-built 13thC; major renovation 19thC under Viollet-le-Duc; damaged in 1940 bombings; restored 1973 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099400]
A large stone basin believed to have been the baptismal font of an early Gallo-Roman baptistery here was excavated in the nave of the present church, near the south arm of the transept. The see of Evreux goes back to the 4th century. The present font, made of marble, is dated 1788. The present marble font, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM27000694], is 18th-century; it consists of a polygonal basin with larch Ogee-style crocketed arch-heads, on a pedestal base and moulded lower base, also polygonal.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.024167, 1.150833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 1′ 27″ N, 1° 9′ 3″ E
UTM: 31U 364816 5431790

REFERENCES

Gosse-Kischinewski, Annick, La cathédrale d'Évreux, Évreux: Les Colporteurs, 1997