Hohen Ratien No. 1 / Hohen Rätien / Hohenraetien
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the setting of the Hohen Rätien complex
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ruedi Jecklin, 1999
Image Source: photograph taken in 1999 by Ruedi Jecklin [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hohen_Raetien_FlugaufnWest.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2015]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Hohen Rätien, frühchristliches Taufbecken, ca. 500 n. Chr."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ruedi Jecklin, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2006 by Ruedi Jecklin [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HR-Taufbecken.jpg] [accessed 26 April 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19847RAT
Church/Chapel: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Graubünden
Directions to Site: Located near, and in the municipality of Sils im Domleschg
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 500?
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church Notes: the earliest remains may go back to ca. 350 AD
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal piscina said to be ca. 500 AD, excavated between 1999 and 2005 in the mountaing complex of Hohen Rätien; the font appears to be made of brick and stone and has a general rounded shape, although the inner well appears to have one side flat; it had a part of it above ground, perhaps just the parapet sides, and the rest excavated below grond level. The baptistery area, which encloses the piscina, is located below and to the northeast side of the 14th-century church. [for a detailed report of the excavations see Projekt Son Gion [www.hohenraetien.ch/HR-Web-2008/web-content/HR-08-Materialien/Projekt Son Gion/HR_Son Gion opt.pdf] [accessed 26 April 2015].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
46.691944,
9.444722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
46° 41′ 31″ N,
9° 26′ 41″ E
UTM: 32T 534004 5171028
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone and brick
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round