Reinosilla / Renosiella
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07134REI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Isidoro [aka San Andrés]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Isidore / St. Andrew
Church Notes: church documented 1352; much modified 16th and 17thC
Church Address: Poblado Reinosilla, 11, 39418 Reinosilla, Cantabria, Spain
Site Location: Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-284, in the municipality of Valdeolea, 90 km of Santander capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Santander province
Font Notes:
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Listed in Calderón Escalada (1971: 47) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/cantabria_REINOSILLA.pdf] [accessed 15 May 2025]: "La pila bautismal es románica, cuadrada, con embocadura de banda plana resaltada, con basamento cilíndrico de un solo tambor que pesa sobre otro, menos alto y de más diámetro. No se ve decoración."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 401788 4752282
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.916839, -4.203306
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 55′ 0.62″ N, 4° 12′ 11.9″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Calderón Escalada, José, Campoo: panorama histórico y etnográfico de un valle, Santander: Institución Cultural de Cantabria, Diputación Provincial, 1971, p. 47
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.