Castellbell / Sant Vicenç del Castell de Castellbell
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08195CAS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església/capella de Sant Vicenç del Castell
Font Location in Church: wall-mounted inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: the Romanesque church was destroyed in the Civil War (1936-1939); re-built thereafter
Church Address: 08296 Castellbell i el Vilar, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 34 01 13
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-65, between Manresa and Abrera; the chapel is at the foot of the castle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 179): wall-mounted holy-water stoup; it is roughly hemispheric in shape and badly worn and damaged; the only ornamentation appears on the underbowl in the form of thin parallel mouldings all around.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 405194 4610639
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.641856, 1.861616
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 38′ 30.68″ N, 1° 51′ 41.82″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
REFERENCES
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XI: 179