Gimel-les-Cascades No. 2 / Saint-Etienne-de-Braguse
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2009 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gimel_église_St_Étienne_de_Braguse_(11).JPG] [accessed 11 February 2017]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the ruins of Saint-Etienne-de-Braguse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2009 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gimel_église_St_Étienne_de_Braguse_(2).JPG] [accessed 11 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 20965GIM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise [autrefois paroissiale] Saint-Etienne-de-Braguse [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: the ruins of Saint-Etienne are located about 1/2 a km from Gimel-les-Cascades
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A89, 8 km NE of Tulle, 8 km S of Corrèze -- the ruins of Saint-Etienne are located about 1/2 a km from Gimel-les-Cascades village centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: noted and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099776]: "Eglise édifiée sur le site où serait retiré l'ermite Dumine qui y aurait élevé son oratoire. Construite sur un promontoire rocheux, à moitié creusée dans la roche, l'église autrefois paroissiale domine les cascades [...] A l'intérieur, table d'autel du 12e siècle et deux pierres tombales du 13e et 14e siècle." The original site of the hermitage may date to the 6thC. The church was abandoned in the 18thC.
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century parish church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.298056, 1.845278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 17′ 53″ N, 1° 50′ 43″ E
UTM: 31T 409463 5016710