Charo / Iaro / Jaro

INFORMATION

FontID: 02647CHA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 22336 Charo, Huesca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Fueva, in Sobrarbe, off the N-260, just E of the Embalse de Mediano; access from the C-140 to/from Tierrantona
Historical Region: Sobrarbe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in the NW corner
Century and Period: 13th century (?), Romanesque
Church Notes: 13thC church
Romanesque pedestal font; the basin is ribbed to just under the rim; the base is square, with the middle part trimmed off somewhat, giving it a prismatic look, wider at top and bottom (ill . in Iglesias Costa, 1985 )

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Iglesias Costa, Manuel, Arquitectura románica, siglos X-XI, XII, XIII, Barcelona: Akribos, 1985