Velilla del Rio Carrion / Velilla del Río Carrión

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07575VEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Juan?
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John?
Church Notes: In the nearby Ermita de Areños is a [part of?] former Roman altar which may have been used as holy-water stoup [the sources are not clear on this object; there may be two parts; one is mentioned in La rEana, the other in this Ermita.
Church Address: Velilla del Río Carrión. 34886. Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the P-215, 5-6 km N of Guardo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Font Notes:
Listed in Sancho Campo (2002) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Romanesque period [not clear where the font is located in this village -- two ermitas are mentioned in the source below: San Juan and Areños] [www.dip-palencia.es/velilla]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 349055 4743159
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.826111, -4.846667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 49′ 34″ N, 4° 50′ 48″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Sancho Campo, Angel, "Arqueología de los siglos románicos en el ámbito de la actual provincia de Palencia", Palencia en los siglos del románico, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real - C.E.R., 2002, p. 84