Buradon / Buradón / Salinillas de Buradón

INFORMATION

FontID: 07582BUR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Paleocristiana de Salinillas de Buradón
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located in Salinillas de Buradón, in the municipality of Labastida
Font Location in Church: In the palaeochristian site, towards the bottom/feet of the church
Century and Period: 5th century, Early Christian
Reported in Elizbarrutiko Arte Sakratuaren Museoa (1999: 96-[97]) as a quadrangular baptismal font of the sunken type found at the bottom enf of a palaeochristian church recently discovered in Salinillas de Buradón; the font was only partially excavated at the time; the church is dated to the 5th century, but survided with alterations until the Middle Ages. The same source informs that the discovery took place during the construction of a tunnel on the N-232. A synopsis and views of the site and its contents by Juan José Cepeda Ocampo and Ana Martínez Salcedo are available at www.iespana.es/haroalternativa/buradon.htm [texts in Spanish]