Cubo de Solana / Cubo de la Solana

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06812CUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: Romanesque church re-built 19thC
Church Address: C. de Arriba, 42191 Cubo de la Solana, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-3001 and SO-P-3029 crossroads, in the Campo de Gomara, about 20 km S of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma–Soria
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period with an arcade of round arches on torsade columns. Noted and illustrated in Pérez Marañón (s.d.). The font is a bucket-shaped basin without base; a blind arcade of round arches on braided columns decorates the sides, with leaves or flowers in the spandrels.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 548110 4605799
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.602453, -2.422667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 36′ 8.83″ N, 2° 25′ 21.6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 114 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements in Pérez Marañón (s.d.)]

REFERENCES

  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 322, 337
  • Pérez Marañón, José María, Cubo de la Solana: historia y vida de un pueblo, Madrid: Editorial Vision Net, p. 124