Saint-Chinian No. 2

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-Aignan de Saint-Chinian, en France, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum." -- the abbey church is shown in the upper-right corner of the image, its north side opening into the cloisters
Scene Description: Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-Aignan de Saint-Chinian, en France, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum." -- the abbey church is shown in the upper-right corner of the image, its north side opening into the cloisters
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Image Source: digital image of a 17thC engraving by Michel Germain in Monasticon Gallicanum, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Saint-Aignan_de_Saint-Chinian_dans_Monasticon_Gallicanum.jpg] [accessed 15 November 2022]
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view of context

Source caption: "Saint-Chinian (Hérault) - ancienne abbatiale."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint-Chinian (Hérault) - ancienne abbatiale."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fagairolles 34, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2011 by Fagairolles 34 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Chinian_ancienne_abbatiale.JPG] [accessed 15 November 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24457CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Ancienne abbaye bénédictine Saint-Aignan à Saint-Chinian [disappeared]
Church Location: rue de la Promenade ; rue du Marché ; place des Bénédictins ; Grand'Rue, 34360 Saint-Chinian - France
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D20-D612, 28-30 km WNW of Béziers
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: the present town-hall is all that remains of the former abbey -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA34000036]
Font Notes:
The Benedictine abbey (founded 826) church was looted and much damaged in the Revolution, the abbey dissolved; remains of the abbey became the present town hall [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval abbey church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.421485, 2.946354
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 25′ 17.35″ N, 2° 56′ 46.87″ E
UTM: 31T 495657 4807623