Ortigia
INFORMATION
FontID: 07911ORT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Duomo
Church Location: Piazza del Duomo, Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily
Country Name: Italy
Location: Siracusa, Sicilia
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Ortigia, Città Vecchia, inside Siracusa/Syracuse
Ecclesiastic Region: Arcivescovado di Siracusa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S nave
Century and Period: 3rd to 13th century [composite font], Medieval / composite
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
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."
COORDINATES
UTM: 33S 526055 4101507
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: mixed, stone and metal