Chateau-Gontier No. 1 / Château-Gontier
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view of church exterior - west façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Château-Gontier_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_242.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church exterior in context
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Image Source: digital image of a 17thC engraving in Dom Germain's Monasticon gallicanum, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prieuré_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_de_Château-Gontier_dans_Monasticon_gallicanum.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church interior - crypt
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2012 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Château-Gontier_(53)_Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Crypte_06.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church interior - crypt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 August 2015 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Château-Gontier_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_crypte_223.jpg] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Romain Bréget, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2012 by Romain Bréget [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_Château-Gontier_5.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Romain Bréget, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2012 by Romain Bréget [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_Château-Gontier_6.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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view of church interior - painting
Scene Description: partial view of one of the mural paintings inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Romain Bréget, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2012 by Romain Bréget [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_-_Château-Gontier_34.JPG] [accessed 31 July 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20683CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise [ancien prieuré] Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Château-Gontier
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: place St Jean 53200 Château-Gontier, France
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located at the D22-D22E crossroads, E of Craon, in the canton and arr. de Château-Gontier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Historical Region: La Mayenne angevine, Haut-Anjou
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 10thC priory church founded by Benedictine monks from Saint-Aubin d'Angers abbey; documented by 1100; served as parish church since 12thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109484]
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the 10th-11th century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.83, -0.705531
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 49′ 48″ N, 0° 42′ 19.91″ W
UTM: 30T 671713 5299948