Lugano
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09288LUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1430
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Lugano
Font Location in Church: Inside. S apse, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: 15thC re-building of a medieval [thC(?) / 11thC?] parish church; a cathedral since 1888
Church Address: Via Borghetto 1 / Via Cattedrale, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
Site Location: Ticino / Tessin, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 22-23 km S of Bellinzona. The cathedral is located in the Lugano Centro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lugano
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original medieval 9th-11th) church
Font Notes:
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The entry for this cathedral in the Swiss Wikipedia [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattedrale_di_San_Lorenzo_(Lugano)] [accessed 1 August 2025]
reports a Gothic baptismal font dated to 1430: "Battistero, realizzato nel 1430 in stile gotico" [NB; it gives Niklaus Flüeler, Guida culturale della Svizzera, Zurigo, Ex Libris Verlag AG, 1982 and Alessandro Crinari, Cattedrale San Lorenzo Lugano. as references]. Noted in the Lugano Region site [https://www.luganoregion.com/it/commons/details/Cattedrale-di-S-Lorenzo/2681.html] [accessed 1 August 2025]: "Nell'ultimo vano della navata sud è conservato l'antico fonte battesimale ottagonale con iscrizione e data 1430." The entry in Turista Dietro Casa [https://turistadietrocasa.ch/en/portfolio-items/tra-il-mistero-e-linsolito/] [accessed 1 August 2025] reports a heraldic symbol on the font: "The Cathedral houses the first representation of the city's coat of arms, carved on the ancient baptismal font located in the last bay of the southern nave."
reports a Gothic baptismal font dated to 1430: "Battistero, realizzato nel 1430 in stile gotico" [NB; it gives Niklaus Flüeler, Guida culturale della Svizzera, Zurigo, Ex Libris Verlag AG, 1982 and Alessandro Crinari, Cattedrale San Lorenzo Lugano. as references]. Noted in the Lugano Region site [https://www.luganoregion.com/it/commons/details/Cattedrale-di-S-Lorenzo/2681.html] [accessed 1 August 2025]: "Nell'ultimo vano della navata sud è conservato l'antico fonte battesimale ottagonale con iscrizione e data 1430." The entry in Turista Dietro Casa [https://turistadietrocasa.ch/en/portfolio-items/tra-il-mistero-e-linsolito/] [accessed 1 August 2025] reports a heraldic symbol on the font: "The Cathedral houses the first representation of the city's coat of arms, carved on the ancient baptismal font located in the last bay of the southern nave."
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 496027 5094559
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.004594, 8.948683
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 0′ 16.54″ N, 8° 56′ 55.26″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone