Castanedo in Cangas del Narcea / Castañedo / Castaneu / Castañeu / Aguera de Castaneu / Agüera de Castañeu

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05041CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Cangas de Narcea workshop?
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts in the area of Cangas de Narcea: Besullo, Cibea, Cibuyo, Limés and Naviego.
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: 33846 Castañedo, Asturias, Spain -- Tel.: +34 985 83 23 51
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AS-15, in the municipality and 8-10 km S of Cangas del Narcea, 111 km from Oviedo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Oviedo province
Font Notes:
Listed in García de Castro (1995) as one of several baptismal fonts consisting of a hemispherical basin ornamented with a blind arcade, raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, probably the output of a workshop in this area. Noted in García de Castro Valdés ([s.d.] 1998?) Described in Alvarez Martínez (1999) as one in a group of pedestal fonts with a square lower base, with either hemispherical or conical shaped basins of the 12th-13th century. The ornamentation consists usually of a blind arcade of Romanesque arches. There is no mention of a font in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico.

[NB: García de Castro Valdés ([s.d.] 1998?) cites his own 1995 work and mentions an inscription-based date of 1083 for this font -- TO BE COMPLETED]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 696096 4775846
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.10997, -6.589902
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 6′ 35.89″ N, 6° 35′ 23.65″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Alvarez Martínez, María Soledad, El románico en Asturias, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 1999, p. 265
  • García de Castro Valdés, César, "Nuevas piezas de arqueología cristiana altomedieval en Asturias", 7 (2000), Revista de Arqueología del Área de Historia Medieval, 2000, pp. [201]-218; p. 210
  • García de Castro Valdés, César, Arqueología cristiana de la alta Edad Media en Asturias, Oviedo: Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos, 1995, p. 245 fn 375