Baptismal Font, Cathedral, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Monumental baptismal font, built from a section of Roman marble frieze from the Temple of Augustus, 2nd century AD, in the Chapel of the Baptistery, or Chapel of St Ursula and the 11, 000 Virgins, built 1335-40, in Tarragona Cathedral, or Catedral de Santa Maria, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was formerly an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50385529
Media ID
50385529
Size
8268px x 6201px
(19.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2026
