Faido No. 2 / Faidu / Faydo / Paldu

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design element - motifs - spur

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08401] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60675] [accessed 10 August 2024]

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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Faiduko eliza"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 June 2017 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faiduko_eliza.jpg] [accessed 10 August 2024]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Miguel de Faido [...] Vista frontal de la iglesia y del entorno urbano que le rodea. Es una construcción de mampostería, con planta de cruz latina y ábside poligonal de tres lados. La torre termina en espadaña con tres arcos de medio punto y reloj en su remate"

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 01251] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/47760] [accessed 10 August 2024]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: The Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel appears in the foreground, left side; the Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña is partially visible in the background, on the mountain side

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 June 2017 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faidu.jpg] [accessed 10 August 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07467FAI

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: San Miguel Kalea, 2, 01216 Faido/Faidu, Alava, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the BU-741, in the municipality of Peñacerrada, about 25 km SSE of Vitoria

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria

Historical Region: Cuadrilla Montaña Alavesa

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 16th century, Medieval? / [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60675] [accessed 10 August 2024]: "pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Miguel de Faido [...] parte inferior de la pila con ligeros motivos verticales en el pie". Described in Bilbao (1994) as a medieval baptismal font, plain except for some vertical motifs on the base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The bucket-shaped basin appears plain while the round-to-square pedestal base has vertical flat piping that end at the bottom in spurs.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.668056, -2.656667

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 40′ 5″ N, 2° 39′ 24″ W

UTM: 30T 528135 4724011

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994

López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962