Boiro No. 2 / Cures

INFORMATION

FontID: 07853BOI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial San Andrés de Cures / Igrexa parroquial Santo André de Cures
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Lugar Cures, 3, 15937 Boiro, La Coruña, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Coruña, Galicia
Directions to Site: Cures [aka San Andrés de Cures / Santo André de Cures] is a hamlet and parish in the municipality and 7 km N of Boiro, located off the DP-1105, about 10 km S of Noia
Historical Region: Comarca El Barbanza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
One of two baptismal fonts of the Romanesque period kept in this church [source: http://www.boiro.org/Iglesias.htm], The entry for this church in Boiro Turismo [https://boiroturismo.gal/arquitectura-religiosa/Church of Santo André de Cures/] [accessed 2 October 2023] notes: "In its interior there are two baptismal piles [sic] that decorate the nave of the church.]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.697778, -8.889722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 41′ 52″ N, 8° 53′ 23″ W
UTM: 29T 4727260 509032

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone