Caramos

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view of church exterior - north view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2014 by Joost Limburg

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 19300CAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Igreja paroquial de São Martinho / Igreja Matriz de Caramos é Igreja do Mosteiro de São Martinho de Caramos

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Largo do Mosteiro 4610-023 Caramos, Felgueiras

Country Name: Portugal

Location: Porto, Norte

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Felgueiras

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese do Porto

Historical Region: Douro littoral

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this church and modern font

Church Notes: originally the church of a monastery of Augustinian canons founded 1090 by Gonçalo Mendes, the son of conde Nuno Mendes [cf. SIPA ref.: IPA.00024158 [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=24158] [accessed 27 June 2014]]

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font of late date; made of granite; consists of a round basin with decorated sides, a roll moulding at the bottom; baluster-type pedestal base, also in granite. The wooden cover is round; also modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the Romanesque church here.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.339878, -8.16981

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 20' 23.56" N, 8° 10' 11.32" W

UTM: 29T 569461 4576820