Valleta / La Valleta
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02597VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Silvestre de Valleta
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sylvester
Church Notes: 10thC church; modified 12thC; restored 1982
Church Address: Unnamed Road, 17490 Llançà, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N-260, 3 km N of Valleta, between Cadaques (S) and the French border (N)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 508057 4690863
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.37, 3.09786
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 22′ 12″ N, 3° 5′ 52.3″ E
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, p. 210