Albere No. 2 / Albère / Albera

INFORMATION

FontID: 08406ALB

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin / Església de Sant Martí [now private property]

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located near Le Perthus, in the Vasllespir area, at the France-Spain border in the Alt Empordà region

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 66) as a monolithic egg-shaped baptismal font [NB: the church of Sant Martí is now the property of the Besombes family]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-