Tortura
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07559TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés de Tortura / Torturako parrokia-eliza San Andres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: Tortura Entitatea, 5, 01439 Tortura, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3314, E of the AP-68, about 26 km NW of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Valle de Kuartango
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 132) as a plain baptismal font of the medieval period. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_TORTURA.pdf] [accessed 17 May 2025] mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 509056 4749455
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.897645, -2.889075
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53′ 51.52″ N, 2° 53′ 20.67″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 132
- Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983