Piesport / Pizport / Porto Pigonto
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 November 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 October 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17110PIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (?), Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Michael, Piesport
Font Location in Church: [disappeared font]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: church here documented 1219; present church 1777
Church Address: Ausoniusufer 5, 54498 Piesport, Germany -- Tel.: +49 6507 2423
Site Location: Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road L50, on the N bank of the Moselle river, NE of Trier
Additional Comments: disappeared font
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font is probably of the 18th century; it consists of a round moulded and gadrooned basin raised on a moulded circular pedestal base; pinkish stone; matching low-dome cover with cross finial. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 13th-century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of the modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 350920 5527106