Melgaco / Melgaço
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum
![Source caption: "Portada septentrional. En el tímpano está representada, según algunos expertos, la figura de un lobo y, según otros, la de un león." [NB: not a wolf; definitely a lion]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1141011004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada septentrional. En el tímpano está representada, según algunos expertos, la figura de un lobo y, según otros, la de un león." [NB: not a wolf; definitely a lion]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_da_Porta_(1876488080).jpg?uselang=pt] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: ca.1954
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Biblioteca de Arte / Art Library Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1954
Image Source: B&W photograph. Fotógrafo: Mário Novais, 1899-1967. Orientador científico: Mário Tavares Chicó, 1905-1966. Data aproximada da produção da fotografia original: 1954
Copyright Instructions: Sem restrições de direitos autorais conhecidas [no known copyright restrictions]
view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: in 2007
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_da_Porta_(1876489926).jpg?uselang=pt] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Scene Description: capitals on the south side of the west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_da_Porta_(1876491996).jpg] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Scene Description: capitals on the north side of the west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_da_Porta_(1876494234).jpg] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CTHOE, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2007 by CTHOE [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melgaço-3.JPG?uselang=pt] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joseolgon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2010 by Joseolgon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altar_Matriz_Melgaco.JPG?uselang=pt] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - retable
Scene Description: in a chapel on the north side; 16thC by António Figueiroa?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joseolgon, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2010 by Joseolgon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altarpiece_Matriz_Melgaco.JPG?uselang=pt] [accessed 11 October 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph in SIPA (Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico) [www.monumentos.pt]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 19462MEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Igreja Matriz de Melgaço [aka Igreja de Santa Maria da Porta]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte
Directions to Site: Located NE of Arcos de Valdevez, at the northern border with Galicia, Spain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Viana do Castelo
Historical Region: Minho
Century and Period: 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: original church 12thC
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern. [NB: we have no information on the font from the 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.11399, -8.2591
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 6′ 50.36″ N, 8° 15′ 32.76″ W
UTM: 29T 561250 4662698