Collecchio
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07991COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Prospero di Collecchio
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the baptistery, behind an iron railing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Prosper of Reggio [aka Prospero]
Church Notes: church mentioned 1230 built on an early pagan temple; much modified 16th, 18th, 20thC
Church Address: Via Domenico Galaverna, 36, 43044 Collecchio PR, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0521 805333
Site Location: Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SS62, about 10 km SW of Parma capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Parma
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped monolithic baptismal font ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; mounted on a two-step plinth; probably of the Romanesque period [source: www.viafrancigena.com]. The parish church web site [https://www.parrocchiacollecchio.net/chiesa.html] [accessed 24 May 2025] notes: "vasca battesimale del XII secolo, con decorazione di tipo architettonico a colonne e archi incrociati" and includes a photograph of the bucket-shaped font. Font illustrated in two 12 June 2019 digital photographs by Parma1983 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieve_di_San_Prospero_(Collecchio)_-_fonte_battesimale_1_2019-06-12.jpg] and [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieve_di_San_Prospero_(Collecchio)_-_fonte_battesimale_2_2019-06-12.jpg] [accessed 24 May 2025].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 596342 4955842
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.749482, 10.217078
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 44′ 58.13″ N, 10° 13′ 1.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round