Caicedo Sopena / Caicedo Sopeña

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07442CAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 01420 Caicedo-Sopeña, Álava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A-2622, 10-12 km N of Miranda de Ebro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 113) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in López de Guereñu.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 506702 4736881
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.784444, -2.918056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 4″ N, 2° 55′ 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. 363