Cabeza del Buey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04828CAB
Object Type: Other
Object Details: capital, Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: Hispano-Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Convento de la Purísima Concepción de María
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: The Convent was bult by the Comendador D. Martín Rol, ca. 1515, whose brother Alonso is buried in the presbitery.
Church Address: C. Convento, 18, 06600 Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 60 00 52
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-104, in the partido judicial de Castuera, near Castuera
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Mérida-Badajoz
Additional Comments: recycled font: baptismal font carved out of a Roman capital.
Font Notes:
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Described in Mélida (1925, v. 2: 188-189) as a baptismal font carved out of a Roman capital. The web site for Cabeza del Buey describes it as a stoup made from a Roman object taken from the site at La Nava
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 307052 4288167
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.721111, -5.219444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 43′ 16″ N, 5° 13′ 10″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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. 188-189