Castro de Avelas No. 1 / Castro de Avelãs
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gate - detail
Scene Description: couchant lions from the 12thC(?) Benedictine monastery re-used atop the pillars of the churchyard gate
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2016 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castro_de_Avelãs_213.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - east end - detail
Scene Description: part of the Mudéjar addition to the earlier Romanesque church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2016 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castro_de_Avelãs_205.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast end
Scene Description: the Mudéjar addition to the earlier Romanesque church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2016 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castro_de_Avelãs_211.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2019]
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view of church exterior - west façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2016 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castro_de_Avelãs_212.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemalige Benediktinerabteikirche in Castro de Avelãs, einer Freguesia von Bragança in der Região Norte (Portugal)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2016 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castro_de_Avelãs_219.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22057CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Igreja Paroquial de São Bento de Castro de Avelãs
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: Castro de Avelãs, Bragança, Portugal
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Bragança, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off the M518, S of the N103, in the municipality of and 3-4 km W of Bragança
Historical Region: Beira Grande
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side, in the baptistery
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: church of a 12thC (?) Benedictine monastery -- Monumento Nacional (Decreto de 16-06-1910, DG n.º 136, de 23-06-1910)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font described in the entry for this church in SIPA [IPA.00003914] [www.monumentos.gov.pt/Site/APP_PagesUser/SIPA.aspx?id=3914] [accessed 27 March 2019]: "no lado do Evangelho, surge o baptistério, com arco de volta perfeita, de juntas cimentadas, apoiado em pilastras, uma delas embebida na caixa murária, albergando cruz de madeira decorada com resplendor dourado; frontalmente, sobre soco quadrangular de cantaria, dispõe-se a pia baptismal, com taça circular e pé circular" [= round basin raised on a circular pedestal base and a quadrangular lower base or plinth].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 682280 4629675
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round