Castellane
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jpg, 2019
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 21 June 2019 by Jpg [J-P Galichon] [https://fr.geneawiki.com/index.php?title=Fichier:04039_-_Castellane_Église_Saint-Victor.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Victor de Castellane"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 7 September 2008 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castellane_-_Saint-Victor_-1.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of church interior - chancel and east end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jpg, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2019 by Jpg [J-P Galichon] [https://fr.geneawiki.com/index.php?title=Fichier:04039_-_Castellane_Église_Saint-Victor_Choeur.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]
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view of font and cover
![[NB: the cover visible here does not belong to the font; it is used to cover the old basin on the ground].](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230706025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [NB: the cover visible here does not belong to the font; it is used to cover the old basin on the ground].
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jpg, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2019 by Jpg [J-P Galichon] [https://fr.geneawiki.com/index.php?title=Fichier:04039_-_Castellane_Église_Saint-Victor-fonts_Baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2025 by Joost Limburg
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: several of the objects seen here could have been used as stoups or fonts
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 30 October 2013 [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: The source identifies the retable as "4e quart du 18e siècle, selon le récit du prieur Laurensi"; the font may very well be of the same period [NB: the cover visible here does not belong to the font; it ibelongs to the semi-buried old font in the ground].
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Françoise Baussan / Inventaire général, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 2013 by Françoise Baussan [IVR93_20130401057NUC2A] [retable-des-fonts-baptismaux.pdf] [accessed 6 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24738CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Victor de Castellane
Font Location in Church: Inside, semi-buried at ground level
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Victor
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080359]: "2e quart 11e siècle ; 2e quart 15e siècle"
Church Address: 7021 Rue Saint-Victor, 04120 Castellane, France
Site Location: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D952-D4085 crossroads, 50-60 km WNW of Nice
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Digne, Riez et Sisteron
Additional Comments: altered font (the one from the Romanesque church here is now semi-buried at ground level)
Font Notes:
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The former basin of the medieval font here has been altered in a most curious manner: the basin is now semi-buried in the ground inside the church, the upper rim now level with the flooring; a low-dome shaped metal cover has been anchored to the rim at the back; a metal railing has been installed around the font. The basin appears to be roughly-hemispheric in shape; the inner well is also hemispherical and has a centre drain hole now plugged up; no lining present. [NB: we have no information on the intended use of a basin installed in such a manner; a colleague wondered if the church was using it in the manner of the old baptisteries]. The present baptismal font is modern and stands next to the old one.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg for bringing this font to our attention and for his photographs of this font and church
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.847300, 6.513390
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 50' 50.3" N, 6° 30' 48.2" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]