Torre la Ribera / Tor-la-Ribera
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04909TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Abdó i Sant Senén / San Abdón y San Senén de La Torre
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Abdon & St. Sennen
Church Notes: original church replaced by a later building, itself now collapsed and in ruins
Church Address: 22483 Torre la Ribera, Huesca, Spain
Site Location: Huesca, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the HU-V-9601, 9 km W of Beranúy/Veracruz, to the W of the Isábena river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barbastro–Monzón
Historical Region: Ribagorza
Additional Comments: moved font: the baptismal font and holy-water stoup from the old church were moved to Santa Brígida de las Casas [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Gavín (1977, v. 2: A. Rib. 337) as an baptismal font originally from the old church. It has a hemispheric basin with an angle lip at the upper rim; the sides of the basin have four large semicircles around it, with a small scalloped pattern within them; the base is a cylindrical column with roll mouldings at top and bottom and the lower base, as well as the plinth, is square. There is no cover evident but there appear to be metal locks or staples on the basin side. The font was originally in the old church of Sant Abdó i Sant Senén; it was moved to the new church of the same advocation. The entry for this church in Románico en Ribagorza [https://romanicoribagorzano.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/torre-la-ribera-san-abdon-y-san-senen/] [accessed 7 May 2025] provides an update on its 8 April 2013: the new, however, became ruinous as well, and both font and stoup were moved to Santa Brígida de las Casas.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for her help with the particulars of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 298243 4692007
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.354167, 0.550278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 21′ 15″ N, 0° 33′ 1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: there is evidence of lock hardware on the sides
REFERENCES
- Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-, vol. 2, A. Rib. 337