Requijada

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view of church exterior - south porch - capital - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Nuestra Señora de las Vegas in Requijada, einem Ortsteil von Santiuste de Pedraza in der Provinz Segovia (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Kapitell der Vorhalle"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 23 July 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santiuste_de_Pedraza_Nuestra_Señora_de_las_Vegas_Capital_387.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - south porch - capital - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Nuestra Señora de las Vegas in Requijada, einem Ortsteil von Santiuste de Pedraza in der Provinz Segovia (Kastilien-León/Spanien), Kapitell der Vorhalle"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 23 July 2013 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santiuste_de_Pedraza_Nuestra_Señora_de_las_Vegas_Capital_385.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Vegas en Requijada"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Borjaanimal, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 13 November 2017 by Borjaanimal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Requijada_-_Iglesia_de_Ntra._Sra._de_las_Vegas_(Portada).jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Vegas en Requijada"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Borjaanimal, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 13 November 2017 by Borjaanimal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Requijada_-_Iglesia_de_Ntra._Sra._de_las_Vegas_2.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Vegas en Requijada"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Borjaanimal, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 13 November 2017 by Borjaanimal [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Requijada_-_Iglesia_de_Ntra._Sra._de_las_Vegas_1.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02203REQ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia [aka Ermita] de Nuestra Señora de las Vegas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Church Address: C. Portalejo, 3, 40173 Requijada, Segovia, Spain
Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road SG-P-2322, in the municipality of Santiuste de Pedraza
Font Notes:
Listed by Garma Ramírez (1998) as "reseñable" [=noteworthy] without further details (Garma Ramirez, 1998, p. 29). This font has a large basin; the upper half of the sides is plain except for a number (10? 12?) of little heads carved on it; the lower half has very broad ribs. The base appears to have had carvings on it but they are very deteriorated now (description based on ill. in Santamaria, 1988, p. 183)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.1165722, -3.8655833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 7′ 0″ N, 3° 51′ 56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • Garma Ramírez, David de la, Rutas del románico en la provincia de Segovia, Valladolid: Castilla Ediciones, 1998, p. 29
  • Santamaría, Juan Manuel, Segovia románica, Segovia: Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Segovia, 1988, p. 61, ill. on p. 183