Yebenes / Los Yebenes / Los Yébenes / Yébenes de San Juan
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07030YEB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan
Font Location in Church: Inside [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: C. Real Arriba, 2, 45470 Los Yébenes, Toledo, Spain
Site Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-401, 42 km S of Toledo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Toledo
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font of this church was moved to Madrid for its protection during the Spanish Civil War in 1938; the move is documented with illustrations in Felipe Atahonero [https://yebenessinsalirdeinternet.blogspot.com/2008/01/traslado-madrid-de-la-pila-bautismal-de.html] [accessed 13 May 2025]; the font was returned to this church afterwards.
[NB: we have been unable to corroborate a reference to a baptismal font believed to have been donated by Alfonso VI, king of Castile and Leon (1030-1109) [source: www.ctv.es/USERS/fjgarcia/]]
[NB: we have been unable to corroborate a reference to a baptismal font believed to have been donated by Alfonso VI, king of Castile and Leon (1030-1109) [source: www.ctv.es/USERS/fjgarcia/]]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 425212 4381719
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic, ceramica vidriada
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round