Rocabruna / Rochabruna
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph December 2004 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 24 December 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph December 2004 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 24 December 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10424ROC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Fonts of this type are common in the area on both sides of the border
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Feliu, Rocabruna
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the single nave, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix
Church Notes: 12thC church; restored 1929
Church Address: Diseminado Afuera Camprodo, 82, 17867 Camprodon, Gerona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Beget, off the C151/D115, in the municipality of Camprodon, 25-30 km N of Olot, just S of the French border at Coll d'Ares
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alta Garrotxa
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a type common in this area, the Catalan Pyrénées, on both sides of the border: large plain tub basin, practically hemispherical, raised on a short thin base; wooden font cover with metal hinges, modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 454694 4687674
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.34, 2.45
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 24″ N, 2° 27′ 0″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no