Puebla de la Calzada

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04844PUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: C. Pintor Murillo, 1, 06490 Puebla de la Calzada, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 45 61 06
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-209, about 37 km E of Badajoz city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Mérida-Badajoz
Additional Comments: recycled font: this font dates from much earlier than the church itself, which was reconstructed in the 18th century.
Font Notes:
Described in Mélida (1925) as a granite baptismal font in the Gothic style, much earlier than the reconstruction of the church, ca. 1756; the basin is polygonal and ornamented with pilgrim shells; the base is octagonal and bears an image of the knotted belt of St. Francis

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 706680 4308380
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.9, -6.616667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 54′ 0″ N, 6° 37′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

  • Mélida, José Ramón, Catálogo monumental de España: provincia de Badajoz [3 vols.], Madrid: Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes, 1925, vol. 2, 389