Falgons No. 1 / Sant Vicenç de Falgons

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02327FAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Vicenç de Falgons
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a NE chapel to the left of the altar
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Address: Camí de Mieres, 17831 Falgons, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GIP-524, in the municipality of Sant Miquel de Campmajor, about 9 km from Banyoles, on the road to Sant Pau.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Gironés
Font Notes:
Described in Buron (1980: 196); described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. V: 461): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ctlindrical with a chamfered underbowl; its sides are ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; the arches themselves are not ornamented but the columns and their bases are, with torsades, foliage, etc.; below the underbowl, where it meets the base, is a roll moulding [not clear whether or not the base is a separate block]; the base is a plain wide cylindrical pedestal splaying at the bottom, where it has suffered some damage. [cf. Index entry for Falgons No. 2 for a plain stoup in this same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 471964 4661890
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.1086, 2.66089
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 6' 51" N, 2° 39' 50" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980, p. 196
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. V: 461