Zaragoza No. 4 / Caesaraugusta / Çaragoça / سرقسطة / Saraqusṭa

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view of basin in context

the re-cycled basin as displayed on a metal base on the glass flooring that covers the actual Early Christian baptistery
Scene Description: the re-cycled basin as displayed on a metal base on the glass flooring that covers the actual Early Christian baptistery

INFORMATION

FontID: 24154ZAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Basílica de Santa Engracia
Church Patron Saints: St. Engratia
Church Location: C. de Tomás Castellano, 1 / Plaza de Santa Engracia s/n, 50001 Zaragoza, Spain -- Tel.: +34 976 22 58 79
Country Name: Spain
Location: Zaragoza, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the A-2. AP-68, E-7 and E-90 -- the church is located two blocks E of the Paseo de la Independencia, just N of the N-232, in the old city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the crypt
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Reported as a baptismal font basin made from the base of a former Roman column; it is quadrangular in shape, with a cylindrical inner basin carved out of it. [NB: we have no information on the period when it was re-carved or the wehreabouts of its base].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.648889, -0.882778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 38′ 56″ N, 0° 52′ 58″ W
UTM: 30T 676309 4612959

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining