Fontarcada No. 2 / Fonte Arcada

Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2012
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior - west portal - north side
view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 18449FON
Church/Chapel: Igreja de São Salvador [aka Igreja de Fonte Arcada (Lugar do Mosteiro)]
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: Lugar do Mosteiro, 4830-198 Fontarcada, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Braga, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N205, 2-3 km E of, and in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, ENE of Braga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Braga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 18th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: originally the site of a Benedictine monastery, 'Mosteiro beneditino de São Salvador', founded in 1067; the present church probably early-12thC [source: www.igespar.pt/pt/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/70232/ [accessed 30 April 2013]]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a a shallow octagonal basin with a flat moulding at the upper sides, rounded underbowl; raised on a slender octagonal pedestal base with graded moulding on the lower base. Flat wooden cover with raised centre part; appears modern. A graceless font in a church with noteworthy sculptural remains from its Romanesque period. [NB: cf. Index entry for Fontarcada No. 1 for a possible medieval font of the church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.579289,
-8.245619
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 34′ 45.44″ N,
8° 14′ 44.23″ W
UTM: 29T 562886 4603342
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]