Puerto Limon / Puerto Limón

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14080PUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century (?), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Catedral de Puerto Limón
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Av. 3, Limón, Costa Rica -- Tel.: +506 2758 5440
Site Location: Limón, Costa Rica, Central America
Directions to Site: Located off road 240, on the W coast, about 100 km from San Jose
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Limón
Font Notes:
Baptismal font made of a round basin on a polygonal pedestal ; there is an inscription around the basin sides ["IN NOMINE PATRIS ET[...]"] and there are symbols [flames, blessing hand, etc.] on the sides of the pedestal base. Probably late-20th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 17P 271553 1106379
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 10.002216, -83.084037
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 10° 0′ 7.98″ N, 83° 5′ 2.53″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "IN NOMINE PATRIS ET[...]"
Inscription Source: cf. FontNotes