Sant Cugat del Valles / Castrum Octavianum / Sant Cugat del Vallès

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Monestir de Sant Cugat - Inscripció d'Arnau Cadell -- "HEC EST ARNALLI / SCULTORIS FORMA CATELLI / QUI CLAUSTRUM TALE / CONSTRUXIT PERPETUALE"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 December 2007 by Josep Renalias [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Cugat_-_Inscripció_d'Arnau_Cadell.JPG] [accessed 1 October 2016]
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view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
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view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
view of church exterior - cloister - capital
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Monestir de Sant Cugat - Església visigòtica" -- believed to be the remains of the 7thC Visigothic church built over the original 4thC Early Christian church that housed the relics of St. Cucuphas; the Benedictine monastery was built on the same site in the 9thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 December 2007 by Josep Renalias [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Cugat_-_Església_visigòtica.JPG] [accessed 1 October 2016]
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited version of a digital image taken 3 June 2013 by Pedraferit of an original photograph ca. 1878 by Heribert Mariezcurrena in the Album Pintoresch-Monumental de Catalunya (Associació Catalanista d'Excursions Científiques, 1878) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sant_Cugat_del_Vallès_(Heribert_Mariezcurrena_1878).jpg] [accessed 30 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast end
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Catalan Art & Architecture Gallery (Josep Bracons), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2013 by Catalan Art & Architecture Gallery (Josep Bracons) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sant_Cugat_del_Vallès._Former_monastery._Facade_(9641044219).jpg] [accessed
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view of church exterior - west portal - door - door-knocker
view of church exterior - west portal - door - door-knocker - detail
view of church exterior - west tower
view of church exterior - west view
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: in the context of the old monastery complex
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joancreus, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2011 by Joancreus [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panoràmica_del_Monestir_de_Sant_Cugat.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2016]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: south view of the monastery complex
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 December 2007 by Josep Renalias [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Cugat_-_Llevant.JPG] [accessed 1 October 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 20748CUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Esglesia del Monestir de Sant Cugat del Vallès
Church Patron Saints: St. Cucuphas [aka Coulgat, Cucufas, Cucufate, Cugat, Culgat, Qaqophas, Quiquenfat]
Church Location: Plaça d'Octavià, 1, 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 936 75 99 51
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located 12 km NW of Barcelona capital
Historical Region: Vallès Occidental
Century and Period: 9th century, Pre-Romanesque
Church Notes: 9thC monastery built over 5thC church housing St Cucuphas' relics; the 12th and 13thC cloister capitals contain Childhood of Christ imagery
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original monastery church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.47357, 2.085481
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 28′ 24.85″ N, 2° 05′ 07.73″ E
UTM: 31T 423640 4591734