Congosto de Valdavia

Results: 4 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

design element - motifs - sawtooth or zigzag?

Scene Description: a band

view of church exterior - north view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santa María de Palacios, Congosto de Valdavia (Palencia, España)."

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital image 12 August 2018 by Rodelar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_Palacios,_Congosto_de_Valdavia_02.jpg] [accessed 20 February 2025]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Santa María de Palacios, Congosto de Valdavia (Palencia, España)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rodelar, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image 12 August 2018 by Rodelar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_Palacios,_Congosto_de_Valdavia_01.jpg] [accessed 20 February 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02146CON
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de Palacios
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: C. la Iglesia, 8, 34882 Congosto de Valdavia, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located about 22 kms ESE of Guardo; go 9 kms E on the C424 (dir. Aguilar de Campoo) and make a left (SE); follow that road past Viduerna, Respenda de la Peña, Riacos and, at Santana, connect with the green road; Congosto de Valdavia is the secon village down that road.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Bilbao (1996) and García Guinea (1998): baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin is ornamented with a band of saw-tooth [G-G] or zig-zag [Bilbao]; the base is square with two prominent roll mouldings. Noted in Martín Jiménez (2008).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.715556, -4.633611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 42′ 56″ N, 4° 38′ 1″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm
Notes on Measurements: Bilbao (1996: 303) and García Guinea (1998: 365

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
García Guinea, Miguel Angel, Románico en Palencia: guía, Palencia: Excma. Diputación de Palencia, Dpto. de Cultura, 1998
Martín Jiménez, Carlos A., Las mejores rutas por el románico de Palencia, Trobajo del Camino, León: EDILESA, 2008