Sterna / Šterna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07899STE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1541?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Church sv.Mihaela
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Šterna, 52429, Grožnjan, Croatia
Site Location: Istarska Županija, Croatia, Europe
Directions to Site: NW of Oprtalj, 8-10 km NE of Grožnjan (as ther crow flies) and in its municipality, S of the border with Slovenia, SSE of Trieste
Font Notes:
A baptismal font bearing an inscription in Glagolitic [church Serbo-Croatian] script dating it to 1541 [source: The Croatian Glagolitic Heritage*, Marko Japundzic © On this web site [i.e., http://www.hr/darko/etf/japun.html] with kind permssion of Stan Granic (Croatian Academy of America), translator from Croatian]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 24' 47" N, 13° 47' 37" E