Vitoria No. 1 / Gasteiz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07591VIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pablo Apóstol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Address: Ariznabarra Kalea, 1A, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain -- Tel.: +34 945 13 09 94
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the city centre, on the W side of the Casco Viejo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 134-135) as a medieval baptismal font consisting of a plain basin raised on a quadrangular pedestal base ornamented with mouldings on the angles [the pedestal base is originally from Bolívar -- cf. Index entry for this locality]. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 526568 4744021
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.848302, -2.674851
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 53.89″ N, 2° 40′ 29.47″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. III: 287
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 134-135