Villafranca del Bierzo No. 4
Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2014
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: probably from the original late-13thC monastery church here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken in October 2014 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Francisco,_Villafranca_del_Bierzo._Portada.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cruccone, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 19 May 2010 by Cruccone [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villafranca_del_Bierzo_iglesia_SFrancisco.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2019]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Retablo barroco para la cabecera gótica de nave única".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Luis Filpo Cabana, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken in October 2014 by José Luis Filpo Cabana [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_San_Francisco,_Villafranca_del_Bierzo._Presbiterio.jpg] [accessed 16 June 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10903VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Francisco [Ex-Convento de San Francisco de Asís]
Church Patron Saints: St. Francis of Assissi
Church Location: 24500 Villafranca del Bierzo, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A6/NVI, 20-25 km WNW of Ponferrada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: El Bierzo
Font Location in Church: [a font from this church was removed ca. 1975]
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original Franciscan monastery founded 1213; the present site dates from 1285; modified 14th, 15th, 17th; became army barracks after the 'Desamortización'; restored and returned to the cult as parish church
Font Notes:
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[NB: at the time of our visit on May 30, 2005 the baptismal font was not in the church -- a local custodian informed BSI that the font had been removed ca. 1975 -- we left request to be contacted with any information on its whereabouts]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.605764, -6.808731
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 36′ 20.75″ N, 6° 48′ 31.43″ W
UTM: 29T 679748 4719364
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone