Ortigia
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07911ORT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 3rd to 13th century [composite font], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Duomo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S nave
Church Notes: original Ionic temple converted into Byzantine church; turnes into mosque during Islamic rule (839-1085); reverted to Christian church by the Normans; destroyed (?) by earthquake 1169; re-buil;t by Normans; damaged by 1693 earthquake; re-built 18thC
Church Address: Piazza del Duomo, Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily
Site Location: Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Ortigia, Città Vecchia, inside Siracusa/Syracuse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Siracusa
Additional Comments: MUST USE: recycled font: three elements covering ten centuries!!
Font Notes:
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*** [THIS MAY BE THE SAME AS THE FONT FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF SYRACUSE -- TO BE COMPLETED]***
A composite baptismal font made up of three very different elements: the basin is a recycled Greek vase of the 3rd century; the stem of the base is a marble capital of the Norman period; the lower base is made up of eight little bronze lions of the 13th century. source: http://www.ortigiaonline.com/I%20monumenti.htm -- original text in the source: "Nella navata di destra la fonte battesimale, è ricavata da un cratere greco (III sec. a.c.) adagiato su di un largo capitello marmoreo di età normanna, e circondato da otto leoncini di bronzo del XIII sec."
A composite baptismal font made up of three very different elements: the basin is a recycled Greek vase of the 3rd century; the stem of the base is a marble capital of the Norman period; the lower base is made up of eight little bronze lions of the 13th century. source: http://www.ortigiaonline.com/I%20monumenti.htm -- original text in the source: "Nella navata di destra la fonte battesimale, è ricavata da un cratere greco (III sec. a.c.) adagiato su di un largo capitello marmoreo di età normanna, e circondato da otto leoncini di bronzo del XIII sec."
COORDINATES
UTM: 33S 526055 4101507
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: mixed, stone and metal