Garganta de los Montes No. 1
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marco Chiesa [Cruccone], 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by Marco Chiesa [Cruccone] [www.flickr.com/photos/cruccone/3952887175/] [accessed 6 October 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07856GAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: plaza de Nuestra Señora de los Prados, 1, 28743 Garganta de los Montes, Madrid, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
Directions to Site: Located off the PR-29, 78 km N of Madrid (follow the N-I to Lozoyuela; follow Rascafria/Lozoya; the first left after El Cuadron leads to Garganta
Historical Region: Comarca de la Sierra Norte / Valle de Lozoya
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Conflicting sources date the font and the holy-water stoup in this church to either the Romanesque period [source: www.asambleamadrid.es] or to the 16th century [source: www.sierranorte.com] -- to be resolved. The entry for this church in the village web site [www.gargantadelosmontes.es/index.php/2017/11/13/iglesia-parroquial-de-san-pedro-apostol-2/] [accessed 6 October 2019] dates the church to the late 15th century and adds, "la pila bautismal y las del agua bendita, tan antiguas como el propio pueblo de Garganta" [NB: the village itself is said to have become populated in the 14th-15th centuries.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
40.921667,
-3.686944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
40° 55′ 18″ N,
3° 41′ 13″ W
UTM: 30T 442158 4530289
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone