Tamaguelos
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 December 2011 by Adrián Estévez [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Igrexa_Tamaguelos.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2018]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pía bautismal xunto á porta sur da igrexa parroquial de Tamaguelos (Verín)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrián Estévez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 December 2011 by Adrián Estévez [https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Pía_bautismal_Tamaguelos,_Verín.jpg] [accessed 6 May 2018]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 21730TAM
Church/Chapel: Igrexa parroquial de Santa María de Tamaguelos
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Tamaguelos, 32627, Province of Ourense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-532 and the A-75, in the municipality of and S of Verín, 60-70 km SE of Orense, just N of the border with Portugal
Historical Region: Comarca de Verín
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: present 18thC church built on earlier church, probably medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this church in Patrimonio Galego [http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/66767/2015/01/igrexa-de-santa-maria-de-tamaguelos/] [accessed 6 May 2018] reports: "No adro está tamén o vello baptisterio, unha pía que posiblemente date de época medieval." The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a polygonal stem and a quadrangular lower base; the basin has a groove all around; the font could be late-medieval, if not later. It is now located outside the church, by the south doorway.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.8705435159,
-7.4421107769
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round