Lopidana / Lopeggana
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07501LOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century(?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Purificación de Nuestra Señora de Lopidana / Andre Mariaren Garbikundea eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Purification of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church documented 1257
Church Address: Lopidana Entitatea, 6, 01196 Lopidana, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3602, 7 km NW of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria / La Llanada alavesa
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 123) as a plain medieval stone 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_LOPIDANA.pdf] [accessed 16 May 2025] makes no mention of a font in it, probably an indication tha the font is later than the 13th-century fabric of the church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 523527 4746758
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.873056, -2.711944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 23″ N, 2° 42′ 43″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 489
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 123