Verdelha
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09884VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1545
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Verdelha, 2615-034 Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Site Location: Alentejo, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-10, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, 20-25 km N of Lisbon
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in the parish church of Verdalha where in 1635 Manuel Lobo, founder of the Colonia Sacramento in Uruguay, was baptised. The basin of this font, the top of which is illustrated in Assunção (2003: 17), appears cylindrical and plain except for a moulding at the upper rim. This source (ibid., p. 18) dates the "batisterio" to 1545.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 496531 4304571
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.886097, -9.048765
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Assunção, Fernando, Etopeya y tragedia de Manuel Lobo: biografía del fundador de Colonia del Sacramento (1635-1683), Montevideo: Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 17-18