Muro de Roda
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02650MUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa Maria [aka Santa María de la Asunción]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 22336 Muro de Roda, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: 3 kms south of the N-260 in the direction of Tierrantona
Font Notes:
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Romanesque pedestal font; the basin has broad ribs all the way to the protruding upper rim; the base is a narrow polygonal column with some ornamental detail (a/p ill. in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.35936, 0.231083
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 21′ 33.7″ N, 0° 13′ 51.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985, vol.I/2 ill. on p. 198