Torrelletes / Ca l'Altet de Torrelletes

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08238TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the Església de Santa Magdalena de Torrelletes]
Font Location in Church: [not in a church -- in the farm-house at Ca l'Altet de Torrelletes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Església de Santa Magdalena de Torrelletes
Church Address: Torrelletes, 08729 Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-2117, in the municipality of Castellet i La Gornal, off the N-340, about 70 km WSW of Barcelona capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Alt Penedès
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 107, 527): bucket-shaped baptismal font originally from the church of Santa Magdalena de Torrelletes, now in the Ca l'Altet de Torrelletes, in the farm-house ["masia"]. The church is reported as destroyed in 1936.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 387196 4570491
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.277984, 1.653061
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 16′ 40.74″ N, 1° 39′ 11.02″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 92 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 115 cm
Basin Depth: 62 cm
Basin Total Height: 76 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica cites Esteve Cruañes i Oliver & Xavier Virella i Torras' "Piques baptismales d'immersion del Penedès i el seu intorn" (Vilafranca: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984) as source

REFERENCES

  • Cruañes i Oliver, Esteve, Piques baptismals d'immersió del Penedès i el seu entorn, Vilafranca del Penedès: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIX: 107, 527