Villafranca / Villafranca de Estíbaliz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07569VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: cerro de Estíbaliz s/n, 01193 Villafranca de Estíbaliz, Álava, Spain -- Tel.: +34 663 30 52 33
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4120, E of the A-132, about 11 km E of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 134) as a medieval baptismal font consisting of a plain basin mounted on a square lower base with ball motifs at the angles. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. Listed in Arriola Loyola (1996: 156).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 535182 4742905
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.837908, -2.569494
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 16.47″ N, 2° 34′ 10.18″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: rwo

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 612
  • Arriola Loyola, Juan Luis, Trayecto alavés: de Oyón a Etxandio, [Vitoria]: Diputación Foral de Alava, Dpto. de Cultura y Euskera; Caja Laboral Popular, 1996, p. 156
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 134