Laas nr. Silandro-Schlanders No. 1 / Lasa
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view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: one of the re-used elements from the earlier church here, incorporated in the re-construction
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © k_auf_reisen, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 August 2010 by k_auf_reisen in [http://s654.photobucket.com/user/k_auf_reisen/media/Venedig/0820_Laas.jpg.html] [accessed 1 December 2013]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michielverbeek, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2012 by Michielverbeek [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Laas,_kerk_in_straatzicht_foto1_2012-08-12_16.37.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18834LAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche zum Hl. Johannes dem Täufer in Laas / Parrocchia di Lasa
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the apse
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church 1220/1230 has traces of a much earlier building, 9thC(?) probably Carolingian; Romanesque church burned down 1499; much modified since
Church Address: Via Felius, 2, 39023 Lasa BZ, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0473 626552
Site Location: Alto Adige, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the SS38, 2 km W of Silandro-Schlanders on the N bank of the Adige river, about 55 km NW of Bolzano capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Arcidiocesi di Trento / Erzbistum Trient
Historical Region: Val venosta, Südtirol / Trentino
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier, medieval churches here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johannes_(Laas)] [accessed 19 September 2025] reports a baptismal font made of white marble in the late-15th century: "Das gotische Taufbecken aus weißem Marmor stammt aus dem späten 15. Jahrhundert." The font coveris an octagonal-to-round low pyramid with a motif or symbol on eash of the eight panels.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 630072 5164011
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.617044, 10.698806
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 37′ 1.36″ N, 10° 41′ 55.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]