Buruaga
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07440BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Lizaur Kalea, 5, 01138 Buruaga, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4407, 14 km WNW of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 113) as a plain baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 524417 4754862
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.946006, -2.700693
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56′ 45.62″ N, 2° 42′ 2.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 113
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 240