Tapioles
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08231TAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Eulàlia de Tapioles
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Address: 08471 Vallgorguina, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-61, in the municipality and 2-3 km NW of Vallgorguina, 12-13 km NNW of Arenys de Mar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Vallès Oriental
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVIII: 80, 434) as a plain baptismal font perhaps of the Romanesque period; the basin is cauldron-shaped and appears mounted on a short platform, rather shapeless. Catalunya romànica (ibid.) cites Ramon Vall and Agustí Masvidal's "El romànic del Vallès (Sabadel: Ausa, 1983): 196 as source of the information and image; the font was in place ca. 1978 as witnessed by the image in this quoted source; it has since disappeared.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 456932 4611266
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.65198, 2.48278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 39′ 7.13″ N, 2° 28′ 58.01″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XVIII: 80, 434