Thonon-les-Bains No. 2 / Tonon

INFORMATION

FontID: 25456THO
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hippolyte
Church Patron Saints: St. Hippolytus of Rome
Church Location: 65B Grande Rue, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Thonon-les-Bains off the D2005, on the S bank of Lac Léman, across from Lausanne, 34 km NE of Geneve
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Annecy
Historical Region: Rhône-Alpes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th century(late?)
Font Notes:
A holy-water stoup made of alabaster in the late late-16th century is listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM74000452]: "Bénitier [...] 4e quart 16e siècle [...] Nef, encastré dans le mur gauche". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP74W01177].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.3727, 6.4794
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 22′ 21.72″ N, 6° 28′ 45.84″ E
UTM: 32T 306142 5138546

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, alabaster
Font Shape: round (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2024-04-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2024-04-23 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.