Belcastro / Bercashru
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07909BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa Matrice di San Michele Arcangelo
Font Location in Church: Reported "until recently" inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Via Castello, 1-21, 88050 Belcastro CZ, Italy
Site Location: Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SP5, 5 km ENE of Sersale, about 30 NE of Catanzaro capital
Additional Comments: MUST USE: well-head used as baptismal font
Font Notes:
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Described in the source [cf. infra] as an ornamented 16th-century hexagonal well-head used inside the church as baptismal font [source: www.repubblica.it/speciale/2003/luoghicuore/regioni/calabria3.html -- original text: "Fino a poco tempo fa vi era anche una magella di pozzo cinquecentina in pietra locale a coronamento esagonale, con archetti e stemmi gentilizi scolpiti, collocata, poi, nella chiesa madre come fonte battesimale"]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33S 654391 4320139
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.016667, 16.783333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 1′ 0″ N, 16° 47′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal