Lessard-le-National / Lessard-le-Royal

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the ruins of the church ca. 1950?

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Image Source: digital image of an undated photograph in Lessard le National [www.lessard-le-national.fr/histoire] [accessed 4 September 2017]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Image Source: digital image of an undated engraving in Lessard le National [www.lessard-le-national.fr/histoire] [accessed 4 September 2017]

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view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: the ruins of the church in 1990

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie, Lessard-le-National, 2017

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1990, in Lessard le National [www.lessard-le-national.fr/histoire] [accessed 4 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21469LES
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale la Sainte Vierge [after 1628 Saint-Pancrace] [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [after 1628 dedicated to St. Pancras]
Church Location: 71530 Lessard-le-National, France
Country Name: France
Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D19-Chemin des Bois crossroads, E of the A6, N of Chalon-sur-Saône
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Autun, Chalon et Mâcon
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church Notes: church here described by Joseph Bard in 1842 as "un édifice romano-byzantin dont le clocher est la seule partie qui ait gardé son type originel"; church fell into disrepair early-18thC; suppressed in the concordat; the church was dismantled in 1953 [source: www.lessard-le-national.fr/documents/portal304/une-eglise-de-village.pdf [accessed 4 September 2017]]
A baptismal "datée entre le 13e siècle et le 15e siècle" and located in the town hall at Lessard-le-National is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM71001310]; presumably it is the font of the parish church here, now in ruins.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 640021 5191923

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone