Vila in Vall d'Aran

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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1999

INFORMATION

FontID: 02236VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Sant Pere de Vila

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Pl. de l'Església, Vila, Lérida, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Vielha e Mijaran, 4-5 km NNW of Vielha

Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Notes: medieval church modified 18th and 19thC; became a military base in the Civil War (1936-1939)

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: the baptismal font in this church is, like most in the Val d'Aran, probably of the Romanesque period, but it is not one of the best examples; the basin is roughly hemispherical but the sides above the underbowl are diagonal rather than totally curved; it is totally plain. The base is cylindrical and plain except for the round mouldings that divide the surface into rectangular panels. Amiell (2007) notes a Romanesque stoup raised on a pdestal base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.736574, 0.776444

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 44′ 12″ N, 0° 46′ 35″ E

UTM: 31T 317986 4733960

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 9-12 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 70-71 cm*

Basin Depth: 24 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 19 cm*

Basin Total Height: 27 cm*

Height of Base: 60 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI

REFERENCES

ACTUR (www.actur.com/romai.htm], 1999. [URL discontinued / non active].

Amiell, Josep M., "Piques baptismal de la Val d'Aran", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 32-35; p. 33