Aguiar, Castelo Rodrigo
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the monastery church during its renovation -- Source caption: "Destruição como Restauro"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, Portugal, 2001-2016
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in SIPA [SIPA FOTO.0523495], reproduced in PUNKTO [www.revistapunkto.com/2011_09_01_archive.html] [accessed 23 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Pérez (DPC), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2013 by David Pérez (DPC) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castelo_Rodrigo_12_Santa_Maria_de_Aguiar_by-dpc.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: part of the monastery; it may have been originally the entrance to the chapter house
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Pérez (DPC), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2013 by David Pérez (DPC) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castelo_Rodrigo_15_Santa_Maria_de_Aguiar_by-dpc.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Caetano, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 Abril 2016 by Pedro Caetano [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Convento_de_Santa_Maria_de_Aguiar_(27909080833).jpg] [accessed 23 May 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church interior - altar and retable
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Pérez (DPC), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2013 by David Pérez (DPC) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castelo_Rodrigo_17_Santa_Maria_de_Aguiar_by-dpc.jpg] [accessed 23 May 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: tyhe object standing next to the south pillar is probably a large holy-water stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural _ Ministério da Cultura, Portugal, 2001-2016
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in SIPA [SIPA FOTO.00089056] [http://www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=1450] [accessed 23 May 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19613AGU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Mosteiro e Igreja de Santa Maria de Aguiar
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Aguiar, 6440 Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Guarda, Centro
Directions to Site: Located off the M607, 3 km SE of and in the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, NE of Guarda, just W of the Spanish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lamego [originally in the iocese de Ciudad Rodrigo]
Historical Region: Beira Interior Norte
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for bringing this site to our attention.
Church Notes: original Benedictine monastery 11thC; Cistercian 1170-1465; closed down 1840; privately owned 1849-1859; restored 20thC [source IPA.00001450]
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original 11th-12th century monastery church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.876571, -6.94161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 52′ 35.66″ N, 6° 56′ 29.8″ W
UTM: 29T 673442 4527095