Chiriveta / Chirveta / Girbeta

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view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - chancel and east end
view of church interior - looking northeast
view of font in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 25517CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: C. Unica, 3A, 22584, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Abandoned [since 2011] hamlet located off the C-1311, near Monrebay and Montfalcó [itself abandoned], in the municipality and 12 km ESE from Viacamp y litera
Historical Region: Franja de Ponent / Ribagorza
Font Location in Church: Inside the ruined church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it. We are also grateful to Antonio Garcia Omedes for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: the original church may go back to the 11thC but the present building is chiefly 17thC
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in 100 Tage Europa [https://1000-days-europe.de/verlassene-doerfer-in-spanien-teil-2/] [accessed 24 May 2024] reports the presence of both a baptismal font and holy-water stoup in the abandoned church. The abandoned church is listed in SIPCA [http://www.sipca.es/censo/1-INM-HUE-004-247-006/Iglesia/de/Nuestra/Señora/de/la/Piedad.html] [accessed 25 May 2024]. Information on this parish church and on the medieval rural chapels in the vecinity , Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Congost and Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Congost Vieja. For information on the abandoned hamlet and its church cf.
http://www.lospueblosdeshabitados.net/2009/11/chiriveta-huesca.html and http://www.romanicoaragones.com/2-Ribagorza/990373-ChrivetaCongost2.htm and http://www.romanicoaragones.com/2-Ribagorza/990373-ChrivetaCongost1.htm and http://www.romanicoaragones.com/fortificaciones/34-Chiriveta.htm [accessed 25 May 2024]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 6′ 50.54″ N, 0° 41′ 38.12″ E
UTM: 31T 308944 4663752