Peral / El Peral
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07835PER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia / Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Peral
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1994 in the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Peral
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the abandoned church at El Peral
Church Address: [Address for the church of Nuestra Señora del Peral] 19133 Budia, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Abandoned village located off local road GU-902, N of the CM-2120, just SW of Mazarete, near Budia, in the Alcarria region
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Historical Region: La Alcarria
Additional Comments: recycled / re-used font : from an abandoned church; now reused as holy-water stoup in another church
Font Notes:
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A medieval baptismal font originally from the abandoned village of El Peral; the font is reported ca. 1994 in the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Peral [location?] serving as holy-water stoup [source: Encuentros Culturales (1994) reproduced in http://www.cntrillo.es/alcarria/budia.htm]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 521142 4498054
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone