Vaison-la-Romaine No. 3 / Vaison / Vasio Vocontiorum / Veisoun
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
Scene Description: on the south side of the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © EmDee, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2008 by EmDee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Quenin_25.JPG] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
Scene Description: on the centre of the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin_9.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
Scene Description: on the north side of the apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin_10.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - east end
Scene Description: showing the uncommon triangular apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin_8.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast end - detail
Scene Description: on the upper corner of the apse and the south wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin_7.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kapel St.-Quenin, Provençaals-romaanse stijl XIIde eeuw".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hubert Denies, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 February 2013 by Hubert Denies [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine_Provence-Alpes-Côte_d'Azur_France_2008_Kapel_St.-Quenin.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![the bust in the canopy is that of Saint-Quenin [St. Quinidus], 6thC (?) bishop of Vaisan and patron of this church](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160402010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the bust in the canopy is that of Saint-Quenin [St. Quinidus], 6thC (?) bishop of Vaisan and patron of this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Véronique Pagnier, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2011 by Véronique Pagnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaison-la-Romaine,_Chapelle_Saint-Quenin_12.jpg] [accessed 2 April 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20486VAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Chapelle Saint-Quenin de Vaison-la-Romaine
Church Patron Saints: St. Quenin [aka [Quinidus]
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 -- this church is located in the 'haute ville' of Vaison
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Avignon [formerly in the Diocèse de Vaison, abolished in 1801]
Historical Region: Pays Voconce / Pays Vaison Ventoux -- Provence
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original 12thC chapel with an odd triangular apse; re-buit 17thC; -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082181] as "Chapelle de Saint-Guénin [...] 12e siècle".
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.2446, 5.06952
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 14′ 40.56″ N, 5° 4′ 10.27″ E
UTM: 31T 665240 4901123