Baptismal font (Bougival)

Baptismal font in Bougival

The baptismal font in the Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame in Bougival , a French parish in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region , was created in the 13th century. In 1905 the Gothic baptismal font was added to the list of protected objects ( Base Palissy ) in France as Monument historique .

The one meter high baptismal font made of limestone stands on an oval base. The basin, which is also oval, is decorated with a leaf frieze at the top and profiled at the bottom.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , p. 133.

Web links

Commons : Baptismal Font (Bougival)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 48.2 "  N , 2 ° 8 ′ 25"  E