Baptismal font Frontenac (Gironde)

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

The baptismal font in the Ste-Présentine church in Frontenac , a French commune in the Gironde department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was created in the 12th or 13th 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 that is 66 cm high and 88 cm wide. It is decorated with round arches on three outer sides.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 1534.

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 44 ° 42 ′ 58.1 ″  N , 0 ° 9 ′ 9 ″  W.