Alconetar / Alconétar
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07205ALC
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian / Visigothic
Cognate Fonts: In the style of the one at San Pedro de Merida
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica / Baptisterio Visigodo (?)
Font Location in Church: In the N side
Church Address: 10940 Garrovillas de Alconétar, Cáceres, Spain
Site Location: Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-302, near Garrovillas and the old Roman road, 35-40 km NNW of Cáceres
Font Notes:
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Described in Fontain (1973-1977, t. 1: 390) as a system of two baptismal fonts of rectangular shape with two smaller fonts at the side, in the manner of the double-fonts at Idanha a Velha, Torre de Palma and Casa Herrera. Listed also as a baptismal font in the baptistery of the Early Christian / Visigothic period in anthropos.galeon.com
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 717156 4397859
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: double-font, sunken font, rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, rectangular (both)
REFERENCES
- Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977, t. 1: 390