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view of church exterior - fountain
Scene Description: a local source, Corrèze Patrimoine, Association Histoire et Patrimoine de Corrèze et ses Environs [www.correze-patrimoine.fr/bar] [accessed 31 January 2017] claims that the public fountain, located opposite the village hall, incorporates the baptismal font from the old church ["La fontaine (bourg, face à la mairie) : Elle coule dans une ancienne cuve baptismale."]
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Avocat jean, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 August 2016 by Avocat jean [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bar,_Corrèze.jpg] [accessed 31 January 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20919BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent [in Bar-le-Vieux; demolished late-19thC]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: 19800 Bar, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D23-D53 crossroads, between Orliac-de-Bar (N) and Gimel-les-Cascades (S), 8 km N of Tulle, 40 km NE of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Palissy [ref.: PM19001202] lists an "ensemble composé de deux chapiteaux et d'un fragment de fût de colonne provenant de l'ancienne église, granite sculpté, XIème siècle, situé sur la place de l'église [...] L'abbé Poulbrière, qui a vu l'ancienne église de Bar avant sa démolition, pensait que ces éléments provenaient du sanctuaire." Present church of 1880s replaces the demolished medieval church in Bar-le-Vieux
Font Notes:
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A local source Corrèze Patrimoine, Association Histoire et Patrimoine de Corrèze et ses Environs [www.correze-patrimoine.fr/bar] [accessed 31 January 2017] claims that the public fountain, located opposite the village hall, incorporates the baptismal font from the old church ["La fontaine (bourg, face à la mairie) : Elle coule dans une ancienne cuve baptismale."]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 407191 5022081