Carreco / Carreço
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
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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
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.org]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 06425CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de Santa Maria [aka Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Largo da Igreja 360, Carreço, 4900-279, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off the EN13, 7 km N of Viana do Castelo
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the yard near the church
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photograph of this font
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.
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