Bemil / Vemil / Santa María de Bemil
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view of church exterior - apse - window
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 23 February 2014 by Elentir [www.flickr.com/photos/elentir/12759559855/in/set-72157641485854723/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2011 by amaianos [www.flickr.com/photos/aamaianos/6302522088/] [accessed 7 September 2009]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5494806786/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church interior - baptistery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5494810228/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church interior - baptistery - detail
![this relief, in what appears to be the front part of a cushion capital, shows a partial view of a Nativity scene -- the piece is late, probably late-15th or 16thC [HST suggested dating] and the 'baptistery' where it is located appears to be totally made up -- the font is modern](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190907015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: this relief, in what appears to be the front part of a cushion capital, shows a partial view of a Nativity scene -- the piece is late, probably late-15th or 16thC [HST suggested dating] and the 'baptistery' where it is located appears to be totally made up -- the font is modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5494811122/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - north side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5494217079/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - north side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Detalle de uno de los capiteles del arco toral del presbiterio."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5494216195/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5493908997/] [accessed 7 September 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22322BEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de Santa María de Bemil
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Bemil, 36659 Caldas de Reyes / Reis, Pontevedra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Pontevedra, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-550, E of the AP-9, near Outeiro, in the municipality and 2 km N of Caldas de Reyes / Reis, 20-25 km N of Pontevedra capital
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: original 12th-13thC church; much modified later
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is modern, very recent; it is engraved with the names of the donors on the upper rim [NB: we have no information on the original font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 37' 6.9" N, 8º 38' 53.9" W