Capital Fronsac (Gironde)

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Capital in Fronsac

The capital in the church of St-Martin in Fronsac , a French commune in the Gironde department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , dates from the Gallo-Roman period. In 1910, the capital was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .

The marble capital is 62 cm high and decorated with vegetable motifs. Presumably it comes from a Roman villa in the area, which could have been destroyed between the 6th and 8th centuries.

The capital has long been used as a holy water font.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 705.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chapiteau in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 44 ° 55 ′ 21.4 "  N , 0 ° 16 ′ 20.9"  W.