Castrillo de la Vega

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Source caption: "Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor de Castrillo de la Vega, Burgos, España."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor de Castrillo de la Vega, Burgos, España."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rastrojo, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 10 July 2016 by Rastrojo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Castrillo_de_la_Vega.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 00540CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago el Mayor
Font Location in Church: In a baptistery chapel, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Address: c/ Don Mariano Revenga, 1, 09391 Castrillo de la Vega, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-122 and A-11 crossroads, 7 km W of Aranda de Duero, 85-90 km S of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Ribera del Duero
Additional Comments: altered font (not a good modern restoration)
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1996: 82, 275) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; its basin is badly eroded but still shows the remains of a fortification carved on its side. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed March 2023] notes: "iglesia clasicista, más bien de estilo herreriano [...] La pila es románica, rústica". No entry found for this village in the Enciclopedia del románico.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 434934 4611274

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Diameter (includes rim): 121.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: * Bilbao (1996: 275)

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 82, 275