Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais No. 2

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view of church exterior - portal

Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeannine blehs, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 2 July 2014 by Jeannine blehs [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_dame_sur_l'eau_01.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2023]
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view of object in context

showing an object in highlight in the bottom-right corner of the darkened image -- it could be tha base of a baptismal font
Scene Description: showing an object in highlight in the bottom-right corner of the darkened image -- it could be tha base of a baptismal font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeannine blehs, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 July 2014 by Jeannine blehs [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_dame_sur_l'eau_01.JPG] [accessed 30 November 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 25106VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Ancienne église paroissiale Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau [now an exhibiont hall]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 03500, Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais, France
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D280, 5 km NNW of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, 25-26 km S of Moulins
Historical Region: Le Bourbonnais / Auvergne
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 11th century parish church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau, has been without cult since the Revolution, and was restored and used as an exhibition hall -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093334]: "L'église, de style roman, a vraisemblablement été construite au 11e siècle. Elle était composée primitivement d'une nef dont les murs latéraux étaient renforcés par des arcatures ; ultérieurement, au midi, fut élevé un bas-côté voûté en quart-de-cercle. Il reste quelques traces de peintures murales."
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the 11th-century parish church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.346885, 3.251371
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 20′ 48.79″ N, 3° 15′ 4.94″ E
UTM: 31T 519342 5132621