Millerada / Millereda / San Mamede de Millerada
Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19801MIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Mamede de Millerada
Church Patron Saints: St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Location: Tel. 986 754 020
Country Name: Spain
Location: Pontevedra, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the PO-2205, near Fixo, in the municipality and ESE of Forcarey/Forcarei
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pontevedra
Historical Region: Terra de Montes
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, opposite the W entrance
Date: ca. 1178-1781?
Century and Period: 18th century (late?), Neoclassical
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: the Patrimonio Galego site [http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/48780/2013/08/igrexa-parroquial-de-millerada/] [accessed 7 April 2015] reports the present church as late-18thC, and mentions no earlier church here
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The basin of a baptismal font now located outside the church, in fron of the west portal; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated on the sides with a ribbed pattern, and a roped motif around the centre ring at the bottom of the underbowl; raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base. The object is badly weathered and covered in lichen.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 34' 30.43" N,
8° 18' 22.73" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining