Artazu No. 1 / Orendain
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04568ART
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Andrés [reported as abandoned and in ruins in 2023]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 13thC building
Church Address: Artazu, 31109, Navarra, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the abandoned hamlet of Orendain, off the NA-7040, near Artazu, 2 km NW of Puente La Reina, about 20 km SW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Additional Comments: abandoned and disused font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?- , vol. II*: 298) and in Domeño (1992: 138); medieval baptismal font from ca. 1200; hemispheric basin raised on a cylindrical base, both plain. The 2023 Lista Roja report on this church [https://listaroja.hispanianostra.org/ficha/iglesia-de-san-andres-2/] [accessed 2 May 2025] mentions the medieval font as having been moved from the ruined abandoned church to a house in the village: "En un rincón del sotacoro se encontraba la pila bautismal de tipología típica del valle de Urraúl Alto. Actualmente se encuentra en la única casa habitada del pueblo. Es románica, formada por fuste troncocónico con grandes bolas y bocel superior. La taza consta de doble hilera de bolas sobre una moldura abocelada separada por radios verticales"; the report is accompanied by photographs that make the deplorable state of the church obvious.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 595046 4726375
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.683981, -1.83985
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 41′ 2.33″ N, 1° 50′ 23.46″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992, p. 138
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. II*: 298