Vigolo Marchese No. 1 / Vicolo de' Marchesi / Castell'Arquato / Castello Arquato
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07710GIG
Object Type: Other
Object Details: capital, Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: 1st - 3rd century (recarved in the 11th century?), Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista e battistero di Vigolo Marchese
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery area, the rotunda, at the centre of the circle of columns
Church Address: Via Alberoni, 36, 29014 Vigolo Marchese PC, Italy -- Tel.: +39 349 879 9922
Site Location: Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NW of Castell'Arquato, 25-30 km SE of Piacenza city
Additional Comments: recycled font : originally a Roman capital later recarved as a baptismal font
Font Notes:
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A large capital of imperial Rome origin which was later (11th century?) re-cycled as baptismal font; it is decorated with foliage motif [source: www.comune.piacenza.it -- a partial view of the font appears in Il Mediterraneo e l'arte nel Medioevo (Milano: Jaca, 2000): 105]. This locality has a baptistery building dated to 1008. Illustrated in a 20 July 2022 photograph by Parma1983 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_di_San_Giovanni_(Vigolo_Marchese,_Castell'Arquato)_-_battistero_6_2022-07-20.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 566358 4969768
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.878239, 9.84016
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 52′ 41.66″ N, 9° 50′ 24.58″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square