Benza
Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
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design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: three of them one flat, two rounded
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Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of church exterior - northeast end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - detail
Scene Description: one of the capitals supporting the chancel arch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of church interior - chancel arch and east end
Scene Description: late-Romanesque / Transitional arch supports -- Baroque retable behind
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto García Roldán and Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph by Alberto García Roldán in Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22517BEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Benza, 15687 Trazo, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off the DP-7804, in the municipality and 5 km W of Trazo, 5 km E of Bembibre, 20 km NNW of Santiago de Compostela
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite noted and illustrated in Alberto García Roldán's Galicia Pueblo a Pueblo [https://galiciapuebloapueblo.blogspot.com/search?q=Benza] [accessed 30 December 2019]; the font consists of a bucket-shaped basin with deeply-carved motifs, raised on a plain circular pedestal base. It is a crude work in very course granite. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43º 1' 17.0" N, 8º 35' 42.0" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining