Monastil / El Monastil
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10203MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font3?
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century (?), Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Early Christian church?
Church Address: CV-835, 03600 Elda, Alicante, Spain -- Tel.: +34 966 98 92 33
Site Location: Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CV-835, W of the E-903, just N of Elda
Font Notes:
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Poveda Navarro (2003: 113ff) reports on the Roman civitas known as El Monastil, near Elda, Alicante province: a possible baptismal tank ["piscina bautismal rupestre"] of pentagonal shape, located towards the S wall of the later building, into which it may have been incorporated; at a later date a quadrangular object appears to have been used as a baptismal or holy-water receptacle.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 692921 4263009
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.4938, -0.7962
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 29′ 40.44″ N, 0° 47′ 16.24″ W
REFERENCES
- Poveda Navarro, Antonio M., "La iglesia paleocristiana de "El Monastil" (Elda, Alicante) en la provincia Carthaginense (Hispania)", IX, May 2003, Hortius artium medievalium, 2003, pp. 113-126; p. 113-126