Valleta / La Valleta

INFORMATION

FontID: 02597VAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Silvestre de Valleta

Church Patron Saints: St. Sylvester

Church Location: Unnamed Road, 17490 Llançà, Girona, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N-260, 3 km N of Valleta, between Cadaques (S) and the French border (N)

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: 10thC church; modified 12thC; restored 1982

Font Notes: Click to view

Barral i Altet gives the location of the font without a description (Barral i Altet, 1981). The entry for this church in the Catalan Wikipedia [https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Silvestre_de_Valleta] [accessed 24 February 2025] mentions a font and its location inside the church ["pica baptismal, situada a l'angle sud-oest"]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.37, 3.09786

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 22′ 12″ N, 3° 5′ 52.3″ E

UTM: 31T 508057 4690863

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: Unknown

Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

Barral i Altet, Xavier, Art pre-romànic a Catalunya: segles IX-X, Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1981