Fiaes / Fiães
Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2017
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 18thC (?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 June 2017 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast end - detail
Scene Description: the upper corbels may be the oldest part of the former monastery church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 May 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_Fiães_(495331253).jpg] [accessed 11 June 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joseolgon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2008 by Joseolgon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fiaes.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Keuk, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2007 taken by Keuk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KlosterFiaes06.JPG] [accessed 11 June 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Keuk, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2007 taken by Keuk [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KlosterFiaes02.JPG] [accessed 11 June 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Guy Moll, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 November 2007 by Guy Moll [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mosteiro_de_Fiães_(1951045601).jpg] [accessed 11 June 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21255FIA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Igreja Paroquial de Fiães/Igreja de Santo André [formerly of the Mosteiro da Ordem de Cister de Fiães]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: original 9thC Benedictine (?) monastery church; re-built early-13thC (?); modified 17th, 18thC; restored 20thC
Church Address: 4960-150 Fiães, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Site Location: Viana do Castelo, Norte, Portugal, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the M501-M1140-M553 crossroads, in the municipality of Melgaço, and ESE of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Viana do Castelo
Historical Region: Alto Minho, Minho-Lima
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 9thC (?) church here)
Font Notes:
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The present granite font is probably 18th-century [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 565226 4661628
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.104036, -8.211136
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 6′ 14.53″ N, 8° 12′ 40.09″ W