Santa Cristina de Ribas del Sil / Parada de Sil / Parada del Sil / Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2017 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
view of basin in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2017 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
view of basin in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2017 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
view of church exterior - apse - corbels
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), Apsis mit Kragsteinen"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_444.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - apse - east side
Scene Description: Source Caption: "Abside central"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5926238963/] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - apse - east side - window
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), Fenster der Apsis, Gesims mit Röllchenfries"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_441.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - apse - north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © amaianos, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 April 2009 by amaianos [www.flickr.com/photos/aamaianos/3428754972/] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), romanisches Kapitell, Kämpfer mit Röllchenfries"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_446.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), Grabplatte eines Abtes" --
David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com/monasterio/monasteriosantacristinaribassil.htm] [accessed 6 March 2021] notes: "En esta zona del conjunto monástico [i.e., the cloister area] podemos apreciar una serie de laudas sepulcrales de abades medievales que fueron reaprovechadas como material constructivo durante las reformas del siglo XVI"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210306015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), Grabplatte eines Abtes" --
David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com/monasterio/monasteriosantacristinaribassil.htm] [accessed 6 March 2021] notes: "En esta zona del conjunto monástico [i.e., the cloister area] podemos apreciar una serie de laudas sepulcrales de abades medievales que fueron reaprovechadas como material constructivo durante las reformas del siglo XVI"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_451.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south view - capital
![Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), romanisches Kapitell" -- David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com/monasterio/monasteriosantacristinaribassil.htm] [accessed 6 March 2021] notes: "capitel historiado pero de insegura interpretación. Aparecen dos personajes. Uno de ellos parece señalar con su mano algo cercano a un libro, mientras que el otro levanta un objeto de difícil identificación."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210306018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), romanisches Kapitell" -- David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com/monasterio/monasteriosantacristinaribassil.htm] [accessed 6 March 2021] notes: "capitel historiado pero de insegura interpretación. Aparecen dos personajes. Uno de ellos parece señalar con su mano algo cercano a un libro, mientras que el otro levanta un objeto de difícil identificación."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_197.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Cabecera románica de la iglesia del Monasterio de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil - Parada de Sil - Ourense"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2006 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/17364971@N00/218460450] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - tower - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Uno de los capiteles ubicados en el habitáculo utilizado como locutorio por los monjes, situado en la base de la torre campanario."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5926235865/] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior in context - detail
![Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), skulptierte Konsole (mocheta)am Portal, Darstellung: menschliche Figur mit Buch" [NB: the arch on which this sculpture fits is not part of the present church, but of the remaining structures of the monastery]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210306012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), skulptierte Konsole (mocheta)am Portal, Darstellung: menschliche Figur mit Buch" [NB: the arch on which this sculpture fits is not part of the present church, but of the remaining structures of the monastery]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_447.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iago Casabiell González, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2017 by Iago Casabiell González [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canóns_do_Sil_25III2017_03.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2017 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the object in the bottom right corner of the image is probably a displaced holy-water stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2017 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 March 2021)
view of context - detail
![Source caption: "Detalle de un personaje sedente con un libro abierto en la portada de entrada al monasterio." [NB: the arch on which this sculpture fits is not part of the present church, but of the remaining structures of the monastery]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210306013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Detalle de un personaje sedente con un libro abierto en la portada de entrada al monasterio." [NB: the arch on which this sculpture fits is not part of the present church, but of the remaining structures of the monastery]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [www.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5922771425/] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of context - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Kloster Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil (Parada de Sil) in der spanischen Provinz Ourense (Galicien), romanisches Zackenportal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 June 2010 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Cristina_de_Ribas_de_Sil_453.JPG] [accessed 6 March 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 23201PAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa Cristina de Ribas del Sil / Mosterio de Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil
Church Location: Ctra. de Castro, s/n, 32740 Parada de Sil, Orense, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Orense / Ourense, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located at the end of a local road, on the S banks of the Sil river, N of the OU-0508, in the municipality of Parada de Sil, 35-40 km ENE of Orense capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Tierra de Caldelas / Chandrexa de Sacardebois / Ribera Sacra / Ribeira Sacra
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S side, by the stairs leading up to the chancel
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for hsi photographs of this church and font basin
Church Notes: church of the 12th-13th(?) [an earlier community existed under the San Fructuoso rule in the 10thC] Benedictine monatery; modified 16th, 19th; dissolved in 1835, it became a farm operation; the church and a few other elements of the old monastery have survived
Font Notes:
Click to view
Stone basin with vertical sides and rounded underbowl, totally plain; base missing; in June 2017 it was located at the bottom of the stairs leading to the chancel, south side, obviously disused.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.395833, -7.588333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 23′ 45″ N, 7° 35′ 18″ W
UTM: 29T 616185 4694692
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining