Caillavet / Caillabet / Calhavet / Calhavèth
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23833CAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel?
Church Location: 32190 Caillavet, France -- Tel. : +33 (0)5 62 06 47 53
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Caillavet is located off (E) the D34, S of the N124, 4-5 km SSE of Vic-Fezensac, 22 km NW of Auch, about 80 km WNW of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Gascogne / Midi-Pyrénées
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, built into a narrow closet space
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: medieval church enlarged 19thC
Font Notes:
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[NB: we are unable to confirm the original source of the images -- assumed that the source is the Caillavet parish church, Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel -- two other possibilities are: 1)the font may actually be in the hamlet of Tabaux, part of Caillavet, which has a church building listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094754] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00094754] [accessed 3 September 2023] -- or 2)the church at Eglise Saint-Orens de Laas, also in Caillavet, listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094753] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00094753] [accessed 3 September 2023]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 285104 4843462
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: a loose piece of wood sits atop the font