Llado No. 1 / Lladó / Lledo / Lledò d'Empordà

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04854LLA
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital, Romanesque
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria de Llado
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the right side of the entrance door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: The church is a former Augustinian monastery
Church Address: Plaça Priorat, 2, 17745 Llado, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GI-52 39, N of the N-260, about half-way between Figueres in the E and Besalu in the W
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Empordà
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: one of two recycled Romanesque capitals, originally from the cloister of the old Augustinian monastery, now being used as holy-water stoups; they are wall-mounted on either side of the entrance to the temple
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4, p. 164) as one of two recycled Romanesque capitals, originally from the cloister of the old Augustinian monastery, now being used as holy-water stoups; they are wall-mounted on either side of the entrance to the church. This one, on the right side, is ornamented with a blind arcade of crossing round arches on the astragale on which is a large rosette; below it two large curled leaves; the main body of the capital is made up of two eagles in a fight. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 541)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 484614 4677301
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.247746, 2.813489
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 14′ 51.89″ N, 2° 48′ 48.56″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: capital
Drainage System: no drainage system

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 10: El Baix Empordà - La Selva, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000, vol. 4, p. 164
  • Catalunya romànica 11: L'Alt Empordà, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000, p. 81 and ill. on p. 82
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IX: 541