Venice No. 8 / Venezia

Image copyright © [in the public domain]
CC-BY-SA-3.0
Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - façade
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 17991VEN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chiesa parrocchiale di San Pietro martire, Murano
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Italy
Location: Venezia, Veneto
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Murano
Ecclesiastic Region: Patriarcato di Venezia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and stoup
Church Notes: originally buil in 1348 and dedicated to St. John the Baptist; consecrated in 1417; burned down in 1474; re-built in 1511
Font Notes:
Click to view
Holy-water stoup made or reddish marble and consisting of a shallow round basin on a bulbous pedestal base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.455139, 12.352611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 27′ 18.5″ N, 12° 21′ 9.4″ E
UTM: 33T 293005 5036922
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round