Caleiro / Santa Maria de Caleiro / Santa María de Caleiro / Villa Callerii
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Scene Description: during its re-installation in the church in 2016
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alicia Padín Buceta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2015 by Alicia Padín Buceta
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "la mesa del altar es del siglo XII"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/2034321683/in/photostream/] [accessed 16 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2007 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/17364971@N00/2034323495] [accessed 16 April 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: taken during the 21stC renovations: the corner where the font was fitted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alicia Padín Buceta, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2015 by Alicia Padín Buceta
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22623CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial / Igrexa de Santa María de Caleiro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: traces of an earlier [Romanesque?] church are reported here and a church was documented in Caleiro ca. 1114; the present church is chiefly 16thC
Church Address: EP-9704, 44, 36629 Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, Spain -- Tel.: +34 986 554 021
Site Location: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the EP-9704 - P-302 crossroads, in the municipality and E of Villanueva de Arosa
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier [Romanesque?] church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font relegated to the rectory until the 2016 renovation of the church was completed; then re-installed inside; the font is a plain hemispherical basin resting directly on the ground; probably medieval.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Alicia Padín Buceta for her photographs of this font and church
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 515300 4712157
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.561657, -8.813561
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 33′ 42″ N, 8° 48′ 49″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining