Allariz No. 4 / Villa Alaricii

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21712ALL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic

Church / Chapel Name: Monasterio de Santa Clara

Font Location in Church: [destroyed?]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Claire of Assissi

Church Notes: monastery founded 1268 (?) 1282 (?); the original church was totally destroyed in a fire in 1757; present church is 1759

Church Address: 32660 Allariz, Orense, Spain

Site Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the )U-40 - OU-300 crossroads, SSE of Orense capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Orense

Historical Region: comarca de Allariz-Maceda

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from te 13thC monastery church here -- destroyed in 1757?)

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: the present monastery church is Baroque, built in 1759; we have no information on the font of the 13th monastery church here, but, if it still existed in 1757, it was probably destroyed in the fire that year].

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42º 11' 20.0" N, 7º 47' 53.9" W