Kobenhavn No. 4 / København / Copenhagen

INFORMATION

FontID: 18754KOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: [Collegiate Church of St. Mary]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: Denmark
Location: København, Sjælland
Directions to Site: [the original church was located at the highest point in the area, near the town of Havn, later København]
Date: ca. 1187?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: the original collegiate church here was started ca. 1187 under Absalon (1128-1201) bishop of Roskilde; the stone church was destroyed by fire in 1314
Font Notes:
The original font of the collegiate church was probably lost in 1314 when the whole building was destroyed by fire.