Ponta do Sol

Main image for Ponta do Sol

Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, 2025

Reproduced a/p Termos e Condições de Utilização dos Conteúdos SIPA

Results: 3 records

view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, 2025
Image Source: digital image of a 1999 photograph in SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=6211] [accessed 19 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced a/p Termos e Condições de Utilização dos Conteúdos SIPA

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior: nave 1999"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, 2025
Image Source: digital image of a 1999 photograph in SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=6211] [accessed 19 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced a/p Termos e Condições de Utilização dos Conteúdos SIPA

view of font and stoup in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior: capela lateral com pia baptismal 1999"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, 2025
Image Source: digital image of a 1999 photograph in SIPA [http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=6211] [accessed 19 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: Reproduced a/p Termos e Condições de Utilização dos Conteúdos SIPA

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02106PON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Hispano-Moresque / Mudéjar
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Luzda Ponta do Sol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the side chapel used as baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Church Address: 9360-219 Ponta do Sol, Portugal
Site Location: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of road ER101, about 22 km W of Funcal, on the island of Madeira
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Funchal
Font Notes:
Ceramic font (glazed earthenware). Pedestal font is crammed with geometric and floral ornamentation. It is not clear whether the work was done directly on the clay or as applique. It shows the so-called 'mano de Fatima' motif (Borras Gualis, 1995).
[http://www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=6211] [accessed 19 February 2025] as a "pia baptismal de cerâmica decorada [...] pia baptismal do séc. 16, em estilo mudéjar, existente na igreja".

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 32.68, -17.10444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 32° 40′ 48″ N, 17° 6′ 16″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Borrás Gualis, Gonzalo M., Arte mudéjar, Spain: Unesco/Ibercaja, 1995, p. 149