Izarza / Izartza
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07490IZA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Lucía / Izartzako Santa Luzia eliza [disused / in ruins]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lucy [aka Lucia?]
Church Address: 01194 Izarza, Alava, Spain [permanently closed and in a private property site]
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: abandoned hamlet located off the A-4133, in the municipality of Bernedo, 16 km SE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 121) as a plain medieval baptismal font. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_IZARTZA.pdf] [accessed 16 May 2025] notes the church as being in ruins and mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 536114 4736555
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.780681, -2.558497
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 50.45″ N, 2° 33′ 30.59″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 463
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 121