Arevalo / Arévalo de la Sierra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06825ARE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-1004, E of Almarza, NNE of Garray and Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the late-Romanesque period with a bucket-shapedl basin decorated with round arches. The website of the municipality [www.arevalodelasierra.es] [accessed 13 June 2010] describes the font as bucket-shaped, decorated with three registers on the sides: a vine at the top, an arcade of round arches in the middle, with crosses in the spandrels, and a saltires inscribed in rectangles below.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.95, -2.4
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 57′ 0″ N, 2° 24′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 337, 339