Estella No. 2 / Lizarra / L'Ilzarra

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02444EST

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: c/ San Nicolás 1, 31200 Estella, Navarra, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located 44 km SW of Pamplona, halfway down the road to Logroño; take the stone stairs opposite the Museo Gustavo de Maeztu to get to the church

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona

Historical Region: Merindad de Estella

Font Location in Church: In the cloister garden, serving as water fountain.

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens, of Pamplona, Spain, for the details and photographs of this font

Church Notes: San Pedro has another more ornate font in the chancel [cf. Index entry for Estella No. 1]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Medieval baptismal font (?) located in the cloister and now serving as fountain. The upper rim shows the evidence of metal anchors for the lid. The bowl is adorned with 24 large ribs. The base, all in one piece, has three volumes: the upper part, on which the bowl rests, is cylindrical and adorned with scotias and small reliefs; the lower part and the plinth are square.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.668889, -2.029444

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 40′ 8″ N, 2° 1′ 46″ W

UTM: 30T 4724503 579532

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (local)

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: the font has been altered to serve as fountain

Rim Thickness: 14 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 107 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 135 cm

Basin Depth: 49 cm

Height of Basin Side: 62 cm

Basin Total Height: 62 cm

Height of Base: 48 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm

Notes on Measurements: Measurements courtesy of Javier Torrens (1999)