Medina de las Torres

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04836MED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Camino
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: This church belonged to Orden de Santiago (a/p Mélida, 1925, v. 2, p.337)
Church Address: C. Sevilla, 4, 06320 Medina de las Torres, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 56 00 78
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BA-160, W of the N-630 and the E-803, 3-4 km S of Zafra
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis of Mérida-Badajoz
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a marble baptismal font of the 16th century in the Gothic style; both the basin and the base are octagonal; the basin sides are ornamented with an inscription in Gothic characters [unvailable], the cross of Santiago and the lion, which tell of the jurisdictional origin of this church; the keys of St. Peter appear on another panel.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 726100 4246841
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.3412, -6.41292
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 20′ 28.32″ N, 6° 24′ 46.51″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: at the upper border
Inscription Notes: In gothic characters [not available]

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. 337