Parra / La Parra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04820PAR
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 7th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción de La Parra
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Pl. España, 6, 06176 La Parra, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 68 24 51
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BA-155, W of the N-432, 58 km SE of Badajoz city
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: a former capital, probably Roman/Christian, ornamented with arcades of the type found in primitive Christian sarcophagi; the upper part has been hollowed out to serve as holy-water stoup in the parish church
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a former capital, probably Roman/Christian, ornamented with arcades of the type found in primitive Christian sarcophagi; the upper part has been hollowed out to serve as holy-water stoup in the parish church. The Spanish Wikipedia entry for this town [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Parra_(Badajoz)] [accessed 7 May 2025] mentions a baptismal font of Visigothic style in this church: "El estilo visigótico de la pila bautismal que hay en la iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" but we have no further details of it at present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 707228 4266326
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.521218, -6.622926
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 31′ 16.39″ N, 6° 37′ 22.54″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital

REFERENCES

  • Mélida, José Ramón, Catálogo monumental de España: provincia de Badajoz [3 vols.], Madrid: Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, 1925, vol. 2, p. 55