Samaniego

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07537SAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: La Iglesia Kalea, 3, 01307 Samaniego, Araba, Spain -- Tel.: +34 945 60 00 41
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-124, 10 km WNW of Laguardia, 45 km S of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 35, 130) as a late medieval baptismal font; the sides of the large basin are ornamented with striated spirals in the Renaissance style. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 526105 4712930
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.568333, -2.681944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 6″ N, 2° 40′ 55″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. I: 144
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 35, 96, 130