Cadiz / Cádiz
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Scene Description: the modern replacement font
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Scene Description: one of the side altars
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Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: one of the side altars
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: the main altar
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the floats being readied for the Holy Week procession
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21650CAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2018-03-22
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 16th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Cruz [aka Catedral Vieja]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Notes: this church was converted from a mosque into Cadiz' Christian cathedral in the 13thC, but new evidence has been discovered of an original PalaeoChristian and a Visigothic temple on this site; the present cathedral dates from the 18thC and replaced the old one in 1838
Church Address: Plaza Fray Felix s/n, 1105 Cadiz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 956 287 704
Site Location: Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The former cathedral is located just E of the new cathedral, off the Avda. Campo del Sur and the bay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cádiz y Ceuta
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC or thr later 16thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church, the former cathedral of Cadiz, is modern [NB: we have no information of the original font(s) of the 13th-century and 16th-century churches here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 742242 4045964
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 36.5284, -6.29436
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 36° 31′ 42.24″ N, 6° 17′ 39.7″ W