Vac / Vác / Vacov / Vácz. / Waitzen
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Civertan Grafik, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 May 2006 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_of_Vác.jpg] [accessed 25 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Langhaus des Doms Mariä Himmelfahrt, Vác, Nord-Ungarn"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 12 May 2013 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vác_Dom_Mariä_Himmelfahrt_Innen_1.JPG] [accessed 25 December 2022]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Globetrotter, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 19 September 2015 by Globetrotter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vác_Cathedral._Baptismal_font._-_Hungary.JPG] [accessed 25 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24544VAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Római katolikus Váci székesegyház / Vác Cathedral
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Vác, Schuszter Konstantin tér 11, 2600 Magyarország, Hungary
Country Name: Hungary
Location: Vác, Pest
Directions to Site: Located off (W) of provincial road 2, W of highway M2/E77, on the E banks of the Duna river, 35 km NNE of Budapest
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: present 18thC building is the fourth on the site
Font Notes:
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An entry of 18 September 2012 by by Zsombor Jékely in Medieval Hungary: A blog about medieval art history, with a special focus on Hungary [https://jekely.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-danube-bend-in-middle-ages.html] [accessed 25 December 2022] reports the finding of "a Romanesque baptismal font recovered at Vác". The present font in the present cathedral building appears modern, perhaps 18th-century. [NB: we have no information on the present location of the discovered font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.77594, 19.13137
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 46′ 33.38″ N, 19° 7′ 52.93″ E
UTM: 34T 360008 5293088