Segura de Leon No. 2 / Segura de León
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04848SEG
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Another such in the same temple
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 2, 06270 Segura de León, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 70 30 54
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-201R-EX-202 crossroads, 15-16 km SE of Fregenal de la Sierra, 114 km ESS of Badajoz city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Mérida-Badajoz
Font Notes:
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Described in Mélida (1925) as one of two Gothic holy-water stoups made of marble and with polygonal basins
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 716352 4222300
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 38.122639, -6.531844
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 38° 7′ 21.5″ N, 6° 31′ 54.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
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, p. 406