Llacuna / La Llacuna

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08267LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial [originally from Santa Maria]
Font Location in Church: In the new parish church, in a side chapel, behind a railing
Church Address: Plaça Major, 14, 08779 La Llacuna, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 618 93 83 82
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-2136, in the municipality of the same name, about 15 km SW of Igualada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Anoia
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 433, 527) as a baptismal font originally from the church of Santa Maria; it is a rather plain cauldron-shaped basin with a flat moulding around the upper basin side as the only decoration. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 377609 4592271
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.472709, 1.534222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 28′ 21.75″ N, 1° 32′ 3.2″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Basin Total Height: 59 cm
Height of Base: 26 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) citing from Cruañes-Virella (1984)

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: 433, 528