Falgons No. 2 / Sant Vicenç de Falgons

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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08166FAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Vicenç de Falgons
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, mounted on the S wall, just right of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Address: Camí de Mieres, 17831 Falgons, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GIP-524, in the municipality of Sant Miquel de Campmajor, about 9 km from Banyoles, on the road to Sant Pau.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Gironés
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. V: 461): holy-water stoup apparently of the Romanesque period; the basin is roughly bucket-shaped and plain except for a roll moulding at the bottom; it has no base and is wall-mounted by the south entrance. [cf. Index entry for Falgons No. 1 for a decorated baptismal font of the Romanesque period in this same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 471964 4661890
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.1086, 2.66089
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 6' 51" N, 2° 39' 50" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. V: 461 (ill. only)