Bruges No. 8 / Brugge / Koolkerke
INFORMATION
FontID: 20711BRU
Church/Chapel: Sint-Niklaaskerk / Saint-Nicolas
Church Location: Sint-Niklaasstraat, 8000 Brugge, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 50 61 03 08
Country Name: Belgium
Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Ouest, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located in the Koolkerke area of Bruges
Ecclesiastic Region: Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel / Malines-Brussels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1626?
Century and Period: 17th century(early?) [re-constructed],
Church Notes: original church 14thC;
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font is noted in De Inventaris van het Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/78119] [accessed 5 September 2016]: "een doopvont in koper en marmer van 1626. Thans: reconstructie van de 17de-eeuwse doopvont van 1925 door Oscar Sinia (Gent)" [= marble baptismal font of 1626 with copper cover; badly damaged in WWII, reconstructed in 1925 by Oscar Sinia, of Ghent].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.166667,
4.133333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 10′ 0″ N,
4° 8′ 0″ E
UTM: 31U 579239 5668970