Gavarnie / Gavarnia
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view of basin and cover - upper view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Les fonts baptismaux "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Omnès /
Patrimoines du Pays des Vallées des Gaves, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph by J. Omnès in Patrimoines du Pays des Vallées des Gaves [http://www.patrimoines-lourdes-gavarnie.fr/images/eglises_luz/Gavarnie_10_.JPG] [accessed 18 July 2023]
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view of church - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port de Gavarnie"
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2012 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port_de_Gavarnie_(01).jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port de Gavarnie"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chris06, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2012 by Chris06 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port_de_Gavarnie_(05).jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24787GAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Le Village, 65120 Gavarnie-Gèdre, France
Country Name: France
Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D923-D921 crossroads, about 7 km SSW of Gavarnie-Gèdre, about the same distance N of the Spanish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche
Church Notes: Kinghts of Jerusalem chapel documented 1257-1270; expanded 14thC and dedicated to 'Notre-Dame du Bon Port'; modified 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA65000005]: "L'église est en fait l'ancienne chapelle d'un hospice établi là au 12e siècle par une Commanderie de moines-soldats"
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font of stone is now mounted into a niche of the wall and almost invisible beneath the wooden frame of the cover; the basin is rounded and unlined inside.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.732389, -0.010556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 43′ 56.6″ N, 0° 0′ 38″ W
UTM: 30T 744728 4735432
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round