Planoles

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2005
Image Source: Digital image April 2005 by Montserrat Estela, 2005
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email of 21 April 2005

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10829PLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Vicenç de Planoles
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the N transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: church first documented 1141;
Church Address: Carrer de l'Església, 1-10, 17535 Planoles, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GIV-402 and GIV-4015, S of the N260, 5 km W of Ribes de Freser, about 20 km ESE of Puigcerda, 21 km N of Ripoll
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Ripollès
Font Notes:
The entry for this site in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/Planoles.pdf] [accessed 19 August 2025] reports a baptismal font of the 12th century in it; a plan of the the interior shows the font in the north transept; the illustration in the same source shows a roughly hemispherical basin totally plain, raised on a broad cylindrical base decorated with piping all around.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 426197 4685260
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.316083, 2.104403
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 18′ 57.9″ N, 2° 6′ 15.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.