Seteventos nr. Sarria / San Pedro de Seteventos (Lugo)

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view of church exterior - northwest view
INFORMATION
FontID: 22377SET
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Lugar Airexe, 3, Seteventos, 27614 Sarria, Lugo, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CP-27-05, S of the LU-636, 5-6 km ENE of Sarria, and in its municipality -- NOT TO BE MISTAKEN WITH ANOTHER SETEVENTOS ALSO IN LUGO
Century and Period: 8th - 9th century [capital converted to stoup later], Pre-Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Castillo López (1987 c1972: 574): a leaf capital made of alabaster and decorated with spirals in a circle on all four sides. Castillo López (ibd.) dates it to the 8th or 9th century, and compares it to a similar one in the nearby church of San Esteban de Calvor. He dates the church itself to the second half of the 12th century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.799285,
-7.389839
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 47′ 57.43″ N,
7° 23′ 23.42″ W
UTM: 29T 631669 4739783
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, alabaster
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Castillo López, Angel, Inventario de la riqueza monumental y artística de Galicia, [La Coruña]: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, 1987 (c1972)