Solola / Sololá / Tz'olojya

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph 20 August 2017 by Rafael Gomez [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rafaelgomez/albums/72157689098930964/] [accessed 13 December 2024]

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Central Park of Solola" -- showing the cathedral in the bacgrund

Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2019 by Robert338950 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parque_de_Sololá.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2024]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital photograph 20 August 2017 by Rafael Gomez [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rafaelgomez/albums/72157689098930964/] [accessed 13 December 2024]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: showing the [modern?] partition of the inner basin [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph 22 November 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 10 December 2024)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25752SOL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral [antigua parroquial] de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: 06 Av. 11-45 Zona 2, Sololá, Sololá, Guatemala -- Tel.: +502 7762 3763

Country Name: Guatemala

Location: Sololá

Directions to Site: Located off road 1, on the banks and about 3 km N of lake Atitlán, 35-40 km ESE of Quetzaltenango, 60-70 km WNW of Guatemala City

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sololá Chimaltenango

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: n.d.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font

Church Notes: parish church ca. 1547; became cathedral in 1951; renovation completed 1978

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font consisting of a tub-shaped basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a plain pedestal base and a wide circular plinth, also plain; the inside of the basin is divided into two equal segments, but this partition appears to be a later [recent?] one. The stone appears to be of vocanic origin. There is no cover present, nor is there any evidence of related hardware on the basin.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 14.766667, -91.183333

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 14° 46′ 0″ N, 91° 11′ 0″ W

UTM: 15P 695544 1633309

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: the interior of the font basin is divided into two compartments