Villanueva de la Torre

Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010
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Results: 2 records
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 02697VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Marina
Church Patron Saints: St. Marina [St. Marina de Orense, a Galician martyr?] or St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: 34828 Villanueva de la Torre, Palencia, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Palencia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the PP-2123, just W of Bustillo de Santullan, NW of Aguilar de Campoo
Historical Region: La Montaña Palentina
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century [altered?], Medieval [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a round basin with drastically tapering sides, plain but for a roll moulding at the upper rim; raised on a wide round lower base or plinth; appears to have been re-tooled. The wooden cover is flat, round and plain; modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.871111,
-4.356667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 52′ 16″ N,
4° 21′ 24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]