Santa Coloma / Santa Coloma d'Andorra
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2007 by Simonjoan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Coloma_%28esgl%C3%A8sia%29.jpg] [accessed 12 November 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18236COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 10th century, Pre-Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església parroquial de Santa Coloma [aka Santa Coloma Verge i Màrtir]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Columba of Sens?
Church Address: Carrer Major, AD500 Santa Coloma, Andorra
Site Location: Andorra, Andorra, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CG-1A, between Sant Julià de Lòria and Andorra la Vella, 2 km from Andorra la Vella city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Garcia (2011) notes that the original church here dates from before the 10th century, and underwent a renovation in the 12th. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 376541 4705743
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.4942, 1.4976
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 29′ 39.12″ N, 1° 29′ 51.36″ E
REFERENCES
- Garcia, Mireia, El románico en Andorra, Andorra la Vella: Andorra Ed., 2011, p. 108