Rochefort-en-Valdaine

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2013 by Marianne Casamance [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochefort_de_Valdaine_-_Chateau_médiéval_1.JPG] [accessed 1 September 2017]

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view of church exterior - west view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 January 2012 by Toutaitanous 2 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapelle_du_château_de_Rochefort_en_valdaine_drôme_france.jpg] [accessed 1 September 2017]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Château de Rochefort-en-Valdaine, vu depuis l'ouest" -- the chapel is partially visible at the back

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2013 by Groumfy69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Château_de_Rochefort-en-Valdaine_-_vue_ouest.JPG] [accessed 1 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21461ROC
Church/Chapel: Chapelle Saint-Blaise [ancienne paroissiale / ancienne chapelle castrale]
Church Patron Saints: St. Blaise [aka Biagio, Blas, Blásios, Blasius]
Church Location: 26160 Rochefort-en-Valdaine, France
Country Name: France
Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D127, 14 km SE of Montélimar
Ecclesiastic Region: diocèse de Saint-Paul-trois-Châteaux
Cognate Fonts: the font at Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet?
Church Notes: the castle itself originally 10th-11thC; the chapel itself may be 1220s -- the castle, including the chapel, is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA26000010]
The baptismal font of the chapel here was said to be similar to the one at the chapel at Saint-Marcel-lès-Sauzet

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.514043, 4.856043
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 30′ 50.56″ N, 4° 51′ 21.76″ E
UTM: 31T 647516 4930644