Ullastret / Sant Andreu de Ullastret / Vellosos
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14745ULL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th century, Pre-Romanesque
Museum: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Ullastret
Church / Chapel Name: Sant Andreu d'Ullastret [Ruines d'Ullastret]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Ciutat ibèrica d'Ullastret, Afores, s/n Puig de Sant Andreu, 17114 Ullastret Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The Ciutat ibèrica d'Ullastret is located off the GI-644, 7-8 km NNE of La Bisbal d'Empordà
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Bajo Ampurdán / Baix Empordà
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Badia-Homs (2007) reports a pre-Romaesque font, probably 9th-century or earlier, now in the garden of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya at the Iberian site of Ullastret; it is described as monolithic and bucket-shaped and devoir of any onamentation.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 506569 4650428
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.005842, 3.079326
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 0′ 21.03″ N, 3° 4′ 45.58″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 8