Baptismal font (Courpiac)

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Baptismal font in Courpiac (photo by Jean-Auguste Brutails , around 1900)

The baptismal font in the church of St-Christophe in Courpiac , a French commune in the Gironde department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was created in the 12th century. In 1908, the Romanesque baptismal font was added to the list of listed objects ( Base Palissy ) in France as Monument historique .

The stone baptismal font consists of a rectangular basin, which is decorated on the outside with round arches.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 1530.

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 44 ° 45 ′ 19.4 "  N , 0 ° 10 ′ 55.5"  W.