Benquerencia No. 2 / Benquerencia de La Serena

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04827BEN
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital, Gothic
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. Altillo, 39, 35, 06429 Benquerencia de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 76 02 59
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-104, in the comarca de La Serena, partido judicial de Castuera, near Castuera, ESE of Badajoz city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Mérida-Badajoz
Additional Comments: recycled font?: in the shape of a Gothic capital -which it may be- ornamented with four pilgrim shells and fours "mascarons" on its upper sides [abacus], and leaves on the echinus.
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a holy-water stoup of white marble in the shape of a Gothic capital -which it may be- ornamented with four pilgrim shells and fours "mascarons" on its upper sides [abacus], and leaves on the echinus.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30S 283074 4286375
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.699421, -5.494459
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 41′ 57.92″ N, 5° 29′ 40.05″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
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. 172