Sant Joan de Vinyafrescal / San Juan de Viñafrescal
Image copyright © Gustau Erill i Pinyot, 2009
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: " Sant Joan de Vinyafrescal (la Pobla de Segur, Pallars Jussà)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gustau Erill i Pinyot, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 28 June 2009 by Gustau Erill i Pinyot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Pobla_de_Segur._Sant_Joan_de_Vinyafrescal._L'església_1.JPG] [accessed 9 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09416VIN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església parroquial de Sant Joan de Sant Joan de Vinyafrescal
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Unnamed Road, 25516 San Juan de Viñafrescal, Lérida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located on the N260/C147, 12-13 km N of Tremp, in the municipality and 2-3 km S of Pobla de Segur, about 100 km NE of Lérida / Lleida
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Historical Region: Conca de Dalt, Pallars Jussà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: Romanesque church; much modified
Font Notes:
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Described in the Gran geografìa comarcal de Catalunya (1982-1985, vol. 12: 213) as an ancient holy-water stoup. The object is tub-shaped, round, with a moulding at the upper rim, and a zig-zag pattern on the sides; it is raised on a round pedestal base. [NB: we have no information on the disappeared)?) font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.228534, 0.959553
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 13′ 42.72″ N, 0° 57′ 34.39″ E
UTM: 31T 331618 4677166
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya, Barcelona: Fundaciò Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1982-1985