Muros in the Costa da Morte No. 3 (Coruña)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15914MUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1557
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Santuario de la Virgen del Camino / Santuario de la Virxe do Camiño
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Av. Virxe Camiño, 4, 15259 Muros, A Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AC-550, 3-4 km S of Serres, in the Costa da Morte, Rias Bajas
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Notes:
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Noted in http://www.pueblos-espana.org/galicia/la+coruna/muros/ [accessed 29 January 2010] as abaptismal font of white marble donated to this church by local sailors [cf. Index entries for Muros Nos. 1 and 2 for other objects listed in the Muros parish church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 494634 4736710
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.782907, -9.0656
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 58.46″ N, 9° 3′ 56.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)