Fuente de San Esteban
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07800FUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de La Fuente de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: [the base was found buried in the year 2000 works in the church]
Church Patron Saint(s): San Esteban
Church Address: C. Colón, 12, 37200 La Fuente de San Esteban, Salamanca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 923 44 02 05
Site Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SA-315 and the SA-325, about30 km NE of Ciudad Rodrigo, 57 km SW of Salamanca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the basin is missing; the base was found buried in the church
Font Notes:
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The base of a Romanesque baptismal font that was discovered buried in the church during the renovations carried out in the year 2000 [source:"Nuestras paroquias: la Fuente de San Esteban", in Iglesia en Ciudad Rodrigo, no.60 (Nov. 4-17); on-line version at http://www.diocesiscastillayleon.org/ciudadrodrigo/iec60.html]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 731989 4520226
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.800278, -6.25
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 48′ 1″ N, 6° 15′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing