Hortizuela

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02444HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Antigua Iglesia Parroquial de Hortizuela [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: The font was inside the ruins of the church until after 2000; by 2009 it had been moved to a private residence
Church Address: 16196 Villar de Olalla, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Abandoned hamlet site located in the municipality of Villar de Olalla, in the E side of the Obispalía, 23 km E of Cuenca capital
Additional Comments: abandoned font: the church of this abandoned village is in ruins and the font is half-buried in the debris
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (1994) and (2001) as a Romanesque baptismal font now [1994-2001] half buried in the ruins of the old church [Hortizuela is an abandoned village]; the basin is rather shallow whose upper side is ornamented with a band of ornamentation including a six-point star or six-petal flower, and ribbed pattern below. The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) reports that the font was moved to a private residence since Nieto Taberné's time.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 558523 4429150

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009, p. 226
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, Cuenca: Estudio Museo, 1994, p. 452
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001, p. 44-45