Albere No. 2 / L'Albère / Albera
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08406ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de l'Albère / Església de Sant Martí de Montforcat [now private property]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: Benedictine chapel here mentioned in 844 AD
Church Address: 66480 L'Albère, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D71, near Le Perthus, in the Vasllespir area, 3 km N of the Spanish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan
Historical Region: Le Roussilon / Alt Empordà
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 66) as a monolithic egg-shaped baptismal font [NB: the church of Sant Martí is now the private property of the Besombes family]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 492645 4701397
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.464878, 2.910536
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 27′ 53.56″ N, 2° 54′ 37.93″ E
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-, vol. XXV: 64