Bilhac / Billac
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mathmatah, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 January 2016 by Mathmatah [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint-Martin-de-Tours_19120_Bilhac.jpg] [accessed 4 February 2017]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20934BIL
Object Type: Stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Tours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church here documented in mid 9thC; present church 12thC;
Church Address: 19120 Bilhac. France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D153E, WNW of Biars-sur-Cère, SE of Brive-la-Gaillarde, S of Tulle, at the Corrèze-Lot departmental border
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]]
Historical Region: Limousin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-9thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church by the Comité Régional du Tourisme du Limousin [www.cirkwi.com/fr/point-interet/377753-l-eglise-saint-martin-de-tours] [accessed 4 February 2017] notes: "A l’intérieur de l’église, on peut remarquer un monumental bénitier à l’entrée"; date and type not specified; no listing found for it. [NB: we have no information on the font from the mid-9th century church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 403334 4977504
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.9441, 1.77472