Carquere No. 2 / Cárquere
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view of stoup
design element - motifs - flat moulding
view of stoup in context
Scene Description: at the north side of the west portal
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20030CAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria de Cárquere / Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Cárrquere
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, by the north pillar of the W entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Lugar do Mosteiro, 4660-059 Cárquere, Viseu, Portugal
Site Location: Viseu, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EN222, in the municipality of Resende
Additional Comments: disused font? is it the medieval font of this church? does it have a drain?
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup noted and illustrated in the SIPA entry for this church [www.monumentos.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=3783] [accessed 30 August 2015]: "pia de água benta", outside, on the left [north] side of the west doorway. [NB: tub-shaped basin of granite, with tapering sides and a flat moulding at the upper rim; raised on a crude quadrangular (?) pedestal base; is the earlier medieval font of this church?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 587745 4549212
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 5' 14.28" N, 7° 57' 28.84" W