Chastang / Castaing / Castanea / Le Chastang
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "La place de la Fontaine dans le bourg, Le Chastang, Corrèze, France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 June 2015 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Chastang_place_de_la_Fontaine.JPG] [accessed 19 January 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20851CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Foy
Church Patron Saints: St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]
Church Location: place de la Fontaine, Le Chastang, Corrèze, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the D48-D84 crossroads, SSW of Tulle, NW of Argentat, W of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Date: ca. 1115?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Romanesque
Church Notes: church documented by 1318 was probably a chapel of Sainte-Fortunate that was mentioned in 1115 [source: "Bulletin de la Société scientifique, historique et archéologique de la Corrèze, vol. 18 (1896: 203)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baprtismal font of the early-12th century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.172711, 1.734413
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 10′ 21.76″ N, 1° 44′ 3.89″ E
UTM: 31T 400553 5002916