Durana
Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 March 2023)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 17 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 March 2023)
view of church exterior - south porch
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Esteban Protomártir (Durana, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 16 August 2013 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_Protomártir_3.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2023]
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view of church exterior - northwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Esteban Protomártir (Durana, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2013
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 August 2013 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_Protomártir_4.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2023]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "LA PORTADA ES UN BUEN EJEMPLAR DEL SIGLO XIII, SU ARCO APUNTADO VOLTEA SOBRE CUATRO COLUMNAS A CADA LADO. LAS ARQUIVOLTAS SE DECORAN CON: BAQUETONES FESTONEADOS, HOJAS DE ACANTO, BAQUETONES LISOS, DIENTES DE SIERRA, ROSETAS GEOMÉTRICAS. LOS CAPITELES DE LAS COLUMNAS MUESTRAN ORNAMENTACIÓN MUY VARIADA CON FORMAS TRONCOPIRAMIDALES, ROSTRO DE UNA DAMA CON TOCA DE BARBUQUEJO, SERES MONSTRUOSOS EN LUCHA CON ALAS Y FUERTES GARRAS, UN ÁGUILA EN PRESA SOBRE UN CONEJO Y DOS PALOMAS QUE, ENFRENTADAS BEBEN AGUA DE UNA COPA"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aorivear, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 16 December 2017 by Aorivear [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portada_de_la_parroquia_durana_alava_3.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "LA PORTADA ES UN BUEN EJEMPLAR DEL SIGLO XIII, SU ARCO APUNTADO VOLTEA SOBRE CUATRO COLUMNAS A CADA LADO. LAS ARQUIVOLTAS SE DECORAN CON: BAQUETONES FESTONEADOS, HOJAS DE ACANTO, BAQUETONES LISOS, DIENTES DE SIERRA, ROSETAS GEOMÉTRICAS. LOS CAPITELES DE LAS COLUMNAS MUESTRAN ORNAMENTACIÓN MUY VARIADA CON FORMAS TRONCOPIRAMIDALES, ROSTRO DE UNA DAMA CON TOCA DE BARBUQUEJO, SERES MONSTRUOSOS EN LUCHA CON ALAS Y FUERTES GARRAS, UN ÁGUILA EN PRESA SOBRE UN CONEJO Y DOS PALOMAS QUE, ENFRENTADAS BEBEN AGUA DE UNA COPA"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aorivear, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 16 December 2017 by Aorivear [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portada_de_la_parroquia_durana_alava_1.jpg] [accessed 18 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - south portal
![Source caption: "magnífica portada románica del siglo xiii" [Enciclopedia del románico]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230318005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "magnífica portada románica del siglo xiii" [Enciclopedia del románico]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_DURANA.pdf] [accessed 18 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07696DUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16thC; again in 1737
Church Address: La Landa Plaza, 8, 01520 Durana, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A-3002, 5-6 km N of Vitoria/Gasteiz, in the municipality of Arrazua-Ubarrundia
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Zuia
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Arriola Loyola (1996: 198) as a baptismal font of the 16th century. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a a square-to-round pedestal base; there is a moulding below the upper rim. There is no cover present but a metal staple remains from the anchorings of an earlier cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for the photographs of this font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 529510 4748797
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.891208, -2.638583
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53′ 28.35″ N, 2° 38′ 18.9″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Arriola Loyola, Juan Luis, Trayecto alavés: de Oyón a Etxandio, [Vitoria]: Diputación Foral de Alava, Dpto. de Cultura y Euskera; Caja Laboral Popular, 1996, p. 198