Berck / Berck-sur-Mer
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste Berck"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stan, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 2007 by Stan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berck_-_L'église_Saint_Jean_Baptiste.JPG] [accessed 12 August 2022]
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view of font and context
Scene Description: the modern font? [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © André Lemoine, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 31 December 2011 by André Lemoine [https://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/index.php?title=Fichier:BERCK_Ville_ST_JEAN_BAPTISTE_fonts_baptismaux_.JPG] [accessed 12 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24199BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 115A av. du Dr Quettier, 62600 Berck, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 09 01 03
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off local road D317, W of the D940, about 10 km S of Le Touquet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: original church 13th-14thC(?) -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00108197]: "16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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The present font appears modern, albeit of an old design [or is it re-carved?]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]. -- [NB: Eglise Notre-Dame des Sables, nearby, is a 19th-century building listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00125635]]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.411408, 1.590328
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 24′ 41.07″ N, 1° 35′ 25.18″ E
UTM: 31U 399840 5585324