Anchiano in Borgo a Mazzano
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo, Anchiano"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mabert1627, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2019 by Mabert1627 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiesa_San_Pietro_Apostolo_Anchiano.jpg] [accessed 6 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22609ANC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?), Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa parrochiale di San Pietro Apostolo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: original church documented 10thC but now disappeared;
Church Address: Via della Chiesa, Anchiano, 55023 Borgo a Mozzano LU, Italy
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Anchiano, originally a hamlet of Borgo a Mazzano and to its SW; now part of the Borgo, is E of the SS12 and the Serchio river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one of the original 10thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in PROLOCO [https://sites.google.com/site/prolocoborgoamozzano/cosa-visitare/chiese] [accessed 6 April 2020] notes: "All'interno della chiesa è possibile ammirare il fonte battesimale della fine del XV secolo". The font is said to bear the emblem of Nicolao II Sandonnini, bishop of Lucca
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 622783 4869497
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.968356, 10.530632
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 58′ 6.08″ N, 10° 31′ 50.27″ E