Opacua / Opakua / Opaqua / Opaucu
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2026 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2026
Image Source: sigital image of a ca. 1979 B&W photograph [ES.01059.ATHA.DAI.PP.04477] in Photo-Araba
Copyright Instructions: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07626OPA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1582?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)?, Late Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora de Opacua
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Asunción_de_Nuestra_Señora_(Opacua)
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present 18thC church replaced an earlier one of the 16thC
Church Address: Opakua Kalea, 8, 01207 Opakua, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2128, in the municipality and 5 km SE of Salvatierra
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de la Llanada Alavesa
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opacua
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the late-16th century listed in the Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/opacua/ar-103150/] [accesse 20 March 2025]: "La pila bautismal es de fines del s. XVI." Listed in Bilbao (1994: 97) as one of several baptismal fonts in the area dating to ca. 1582.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre por his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 552376 4741814
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.827102, -2.359216
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 49′ 37.57″ N, 2° 21′ 33.18″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: round, flat and plain; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 97