Venice No. 8 / Venezia
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view of church exterior - façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2008 by Giovanni Dall'Orto [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Pietro_martire_%28Murano%29] [accessed 7 April 2012]
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view of stoup in context
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17991VEN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrocchiale di San Pietro martire, Murano
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: originally buil in 1348 and dedicated to St. John the Baptist; consecrated in 1417; burned down in 1474; re-built in 1511
Church Address: Campiello Marco Michieli, 5, 30141 Venezia VE, Italy -- Tel.: +39 041 739704
Site Location: Venezia, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the island of Murano, across from Campo Santo Stefano
Ecclesiastic Region: Patriarcato di Venezia
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup made or reddish marble and consisting of a shallow round basin on a bulbous pedestal base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 293005 5036922
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.455139, 12.352611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 27′ 18.5″ N, 12° 21′ 9.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round