Bellac No. 2 / Belac / Belaco / Bellaco

Results: 2 records

animal - mammal - lion - 3

Scene Description: [cf. FontNtes]

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'Église Notre-Dame-de-Bellac (XIIe et XIVe siècles) surplombant un ancien séchoir à peaux (XVe siècle)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wbroc, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 July 2011 by Wbroc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame-de-Bellac.png] [accessed 2 July 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 20648BEL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge [aka Eglise Notre-Dame]
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 87300 Bellac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 68 07 08
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located between Peyrat-de-Bellac (N) and Berneuil (S), 45 km NNW of Limoges, 70 SE of Poitiers, 100 km NE of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
Historical Region: Haute Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100241]: "L'église fut à l'origine la chapelle des comtes de la Marche. Elle fut édifiée au 12e siècle."
The font here is said to be a Romanesque basin raised on tree lions [TO BE COMPLETED]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.1181, 1.04833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 7′ 5.16″ N, 1° 2′ 53.99″ E