Lugo No. 1
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the area is very near the cathedral of Lugo, partly visible in this image
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Scene Description: original drawings made at the time of the discovery in 1960
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: full interior view
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Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of one of the 'apses', and detail of the floor mosaic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of the sunken piscina during its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of the sunken piscina during its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of the sunken piscina during its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of the sunken piscina during its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: view of the sunken piscina during its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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Scene Description: section of the piscina showing the differemt schemes of ornamentation
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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![East-West section of the piscina showing the feed and drainage channels, not likely to be those of a baptismal piscina but rather those of a bath complex; the capacity of the piscina is calculated at 4,000 liters [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150421040_compressed.png)
Scene Description: East-West section of the piscina showing the feed and drainage channels, not likely to be those of a baptismal piscina but rather those of a bath complex; the capacity of the piscina is calculated at 4,000 liters [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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view of object in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban, 2015
Image Source: illustration in Concello de Lugo, Proxecto Urban [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015]
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view of piscina
![more likely the piscina of a Roman bath than an Early Christian baptismal piscina [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150421025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: more likely the piscina of a Roman bath than an Early Christian baptismal piscina [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 March 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 March 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19834LUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font3?
Church/Chapel: [archaeological site]
Church Location: Plaza Santa Maria, 27001 Lugo, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located in Lugo town centre, by the old cathedral
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Century and Period: 3rd - 4th century (?), Hispano-Roman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this object
Font Notes:
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The "Proxecto de restauración e posta en valor da piscina romana da Praza de Santa María" [www.lugo.es/urban/piscina.html] [accessed 21 April 2015] informs of the discovery in 1960 of what was suspected to be a Hispano-Roman baptistery font or a part of a Roman baths; it was later set for excavation in 2010 when means became available for its unearthing and resoration. The object, located in the Plaza de Santa María, between the Fundación Caixa Galicia and the 13th-century cathedral of Lugo capital, is believed to be either an Early Christian baptistery piscina, or part of a Roman bath complex, either part of a 'frigidarium' or a domestic 'balneum'. Archaeologist Miguel Ángel López [http://elpais.com/diario/2011/05/04/galicia/1304504305_850215.html] [accessed 21 April 2015] reported a sunken "piscina" of rectangular shape measuring 3.5 by 1.80 m., with two apses and a set of descending steps, and with an estimated capacity of 4,000 liters [="de unas dimensiones aproximadas de 3,5 por 1,80 metros". "Es rectangular, tiene dos ábsides y un escalón de acceso y se calcula que su capacidad es de casi 4.000 litros de agua"]. [NB: given the shape and size of the object, as well as the structure and ancillary parts relevant to the object, it is unlikely that it was a baptismal piscina, but more likely a part of a bath complex].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 617494 4762845
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: rectangular (sunken piscina)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage Notes: [the water feed and drains suggest a bath complex]
Trapezoidal Basin: 350 x 180 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]