Laguenne / Aquina
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 15 February 2017]
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view of church interior - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Le décor sculpté comporte des chapiteaux en calcaire, dans l’abside et les absidioles, et d’autres en granit, au niveau du transept Ils sont essentiellement ornés d’entrelacs et de palmettes."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 15 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 15 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 20987LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours [may have been also dedicated to St. Calmin [aka Calminius] whose relics it held at one time]
Church Location: 19150 Laguenne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D120, 3 km from Tulle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Date: ca. 930?
Century and Period: 10th century (early?), Early Romanesque
Church Notes: Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 15 February 2017] notes: "La plus ancienne mention de l’église se trouve dans une charte des environs de 930. L’édifice actuel remonte au XII e siècle", and may have existed as early as 879. -- present church 12thC, much modified 16thC, listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099783]: "De l'église du 12e siècle ne subsistent plus que le transept et l'abside que flanquent deux absidioles. Le reste a été profondément transformé au 16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 930 church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 404426 5010678