Buradon / Buradón / Buradon Gatzaga / Salinillas de Buradón

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07582BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Paleocristiana de Salinillas de Buradón
Font Location in Church: In the palaeochristian site, towards the bottom/feet of the church
Church Address: 01212 Salinillas de Buradón, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-124, in Salinillas de Buradón, in the municipality of Labastida
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 513665 4720112
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.633333, -2.833333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 0″ N, 2° 50′ 0″ W