San Carlos in Ituzaingó

INFORMATION

FontID: 11347CAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Reducción de San Carlos
Country Name: Argentina
Location: Ituzaingó, Corrientes
Directions to Site: Located near the Uruguayan border
Font Location in Church: [unknown/disappeared]
Date: ca. 1631-1639
Century and Period: 17th century, Baroque
Baldotto & Paolillo (2004) report a baptismal font [="battistero"] in the old church of the mission at San Carlos, then in the Provincia del Paraguay [part of Argentina now]; the same source notes that the mission suffered an epidemic in 1695 and was destroyed by the Portuguese.

REFERENCES

Baldotto, Gianni, Il Barocco nelle Missioni Guaranì: Provincia del Paraguay, 1609-1768, Biadene, Treviso: [Il Autore], 2004