Mollo No. 1 / Molló

INFORMATION

FontID: 14752MOL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Església parroquial de Santa Cecília de Molló

Church Patron Saints: St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]

Church Location: Carrer de l'Església, 13, 17868 Molló, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 74 03 68

Country Name: Spain

Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located off (W) the C-38, 6 km NE of Camprodon, about 3-4 km S of the country border with France

Historical Region: Ripollès

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

A rectangular object resembling more a trough than a font, although there are many rectangular 'oli fonts' in Catalonia; this one does not resemble most of the others. Is it a font? [cf. http://www.artmedieval.net/castella/santa%20cecilia%20mollo.htm [accessed 27 May 2009] for a recent photograph]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.349444, 2.406111

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 20′ 58″ N, 2° 24′ 22″ E

UTM: 31T 451085 4688747

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: rectangular

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular