Riutort
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08412RIU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Riutort / Església de Sant Martí
Font Location in Church: In the cemeteri, towards the centre, upside down, serving as base to a cross
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church consecrated 1018; much modified since
Church Address: 43220 Riutort, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D32, W of the D118, in the municipality of Puyvalador / Puigbalador, 5-6 km N of Formigueres, about 70 km W of Perpignan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan
Historical Region: Languedoc / Roussillon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: the basin of the old Romanesque church serves now as base of the cemetery cross
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 231, 255) as the basin of a holy-water stoup that was originally in the Romanesque church; it is now [ca. 1996] up-turned and serving as the base for a cross in the middle of the cemetery.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 425822 4722570
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.652017, 2.095022
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 39′ 7.26″ N, 2° 5′ 42.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
REFERENCES
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XXV: 231, 255