Carballeda de Avia No. 2

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view of font in context

Scene Description: now a public ornament in the village, outside, in the Plaza del Párroco Quiroga

INFORMATION

FontID: 22390CAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 32413 Carballeda de Avia, Orense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the OU-0306, N of the A52, 6 km NW of Ribadavia, about 20 km W of Orense capital
Historical Region: Comarca del Ribeiro
Font Location in Church: Outside, in a village square
Century and Period: , Medieval
There are three fonts in Carballeda de Avia: 1)the font in use, probably from the 18th century, with its cover [font not listed on account of its modernity]; 2)a font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with an inscribed Greek cross and a moulding, raised on a square pedestal base with chamfered corners, and a squat square lower base or plinth; no cover; 3)a font outside, in the Plaza del Párroco Quiroga, consisting of a square basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a short square pedestal base; badly weathered; no cover. The present church is 18th-century, but the two earlier fonts do not belong in that period; are they originally from elsewhere?

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.320636, -8.164698
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 19′ 14.29″ N, 8° 9′ 52.91″ W
UTM: 29T 568830 4685715

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining