Torshavn / Thorshavn / Tórshavn
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 June 2014 by John Wilkes
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - northwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2006 by Matthewross [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3rshavn_Cathedral#mediaviewer/File:Torshavn_Cathedral.JPG] [accessed 21 July 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2006 by Matthewross [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3rshavn_Cathedral#mediaviewer/File:Torshavn_Cathedral_2.JPG] [accessed 21 July 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19284TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1609?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early?)
Church / Chapel Name: Havnar Kirkja / Dómkirkjan Tórshavn
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Notes: no recorded church in the Middle Ages; first recorded church here in early 17thC; major re-buildings in 1788, of which the present church chiefly remains, and mid-19thC; expanded in 1935 and 1968;
Site Location: Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the SE coast of Streymoy, S of the Húsareyn mountain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of the Faroe Islands
Additional Comments: Most other churches in the Faroe Islands (Funningur, Porkeri, Sandavágur and Tvoroyri) are 129th-20thC [NB: the Faroe Islands have been an autonomous self-governing country within the kingdom of Denmark since 1948]
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original ca. 1609 church here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes for his photograph of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 29V 616642 6877297
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 62.01, -6.772
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 62° 0′ 36″ N, 6° 46′ 19.2″ W