Vaison-la-Romaine No. 2 / Vaison / Vasio Vocontiorum / Veisoun

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 July 2004 by Marc Baronnet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison_cathedrale.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Sainte Marie de l'Assomption, dite Cathédrale-Haute, située dans la cité médiévale de Vaison-la-Romaine. Vue "côté Ouvèze"."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2015 by Pr. Mumu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathédrale_de_la_Haute_Ville_Sainte_Marie_de_l'Assomption.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]

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FontID: 20485VAI

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Sainte-Marie-de-l'Assomption de Vaison-la-Romaine [aka cathédrale de la ville haute]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: France

Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located on the D977, betwen Villedieu (N) and Crestet (S), S of Enclave des Papes, NNE of Gigondas and Vacqueyras, N of Carpentras, 50 km from Avignon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Avignon [formerly in the Diocèse de Vaison, abolished in 1801]

Historical Region: Pays Voconce / Pays Vaison Ventoux -- Provence

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: original church 12thC; re-built 1464; modified 17th and 18thC; became parochial 1897; was disused and closed for 25 years; restored in 2015 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082183]

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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM84000580] as a stone baptismal font of the 17th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.2382, 5.0746

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 14′ 17.52″ N, 5° 4′ 28.56″ E