Carreco / Carreço
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06425CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de Santa Maria [aka Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça]
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the yard near the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Largo da Igreja 360, Carreço, 4900-279, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Site Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN13, 7 km N of Viana do Castelo
Additional Comments: recycled font: now [2011] used as planter in the yard
Font Notes:
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Former baptismal font or large stoup made of stone, consisting of an octagonal moulded basin with rounded sides, raised on a square pedestal side with moulded chamfered sides; now serving as planter in the yard outside the church; 16th-18th century, probably closer to the latter.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 511155 4621936
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining