Goteborg No. 5 / Göteborg [disappeared?]
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Results: 5 records
view of church exterior
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view of church interior - altar
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view of church interior - chancel
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view of font
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the presbitery, north side
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16992GOT
Church/Chapel: Göteborgs domkyrka [aka Gustavi domkyrka]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: [Coordinates for the cathedral: 57° 42′ 16″ N, 11° 57′ 55″ E 57.704444°, 11.965278°]
Historical Region: Göteborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, in the presbitery
Century and Period: , Modern
Church Notes: The cathedral is the third on this site; before these there had been a stave church in place
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font is modern, a square block decorated with a plain carved cross. An earlier font from the late 17th century [ca. 1674?] had been made by Marcus Jaeger, who worked on other furnishings [NB: the current cathedral building is the third in this site and dates from the early 19th century; we have no information on the whereabouts of the 17th-century font, or of the earlier ones]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square