Granada No. 3
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Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Javier Torrens
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Scene Description: another side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens Alzu, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Javier Torrens
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Scene Description: one side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Torrens, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 by Javier Torrens
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08193GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: [unknown]
Font Location in Church: Carmen de la Fundación Rodriguez Acosta [a private residence]
Church Address: Callejón Niño del Rollo, 8, Centro, 18009 Granada, Spain -- Tel.: +34 958 22 74 97
Site Location: Granada, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The private foundation housing this font is in El Mauror / Los Aguadores, the Albaicín, N of the Alhambra
Additional Comments: recycled font? a garden fountain since the 1920s -- may not be the case at all
Font Notes:
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Local lore claims that this fountain, in the garden of the private residence ["carmen"] of the banking family Rodríguez-Acosta, in the Albaicín area of Granada capital, was originally a baptismal font, although no-one could identify the church where it came from. It is said to have served as a garden fountain since the 1920s [NB: the decoration on the basin does not appear typical of baptismal fonts of the area/time]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the information about, and images of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 447402 4114450
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.175, -3.5925
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 10′ 30″ N, 3° 35′ 33″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round