San Miguel de Allende

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view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: the late-19th century façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2010 by Alejandro Linares Garcia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FacadeParishMiguelAllende.JPG] [accessed 8 March 2012]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 March 2009 by gnepita [http://gnepita.blogspot.com/2009/03/san-miguel-de-allende-y-la-rodilla-que.html] [accessed 8 March 2012]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 March 2009 by gnepita [http://gnepita.blogspot.com/2009/03/san-miguel-de-allende-y-la-rodilla-que.html] [accessed 8 March 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17956ALL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: Mexico

Location: Guanajuato, Guanajuato

Directions to Site: Located 97 km from Guanajuato capital

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Baroque

Church Notes: original church is 17th-century but present exterior, especially the facade is late-19th century 'Gothick'

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font of the colonial period consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with mouldings and ribbed pattern, raised on a pedestal base and a two-step plinth. Low-dome cover with large statue [John the Baptist?] finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 20.913839, -100.743819

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 20° 54′ 49.82″ N, 100° 44′ 37.75″ W

UTM: 14Q 318642 2313597

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]