Laguna / La Laguna Ledrado / La Laguna Negra?

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07882LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de La Estrella
Font Location in Church: [now a planter in a private home]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 42173 La Laguna, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the area of Tierras Altas, near Vinuesa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Additional Comments: disused font - subject of a robbery attempt - now re-purposed as planter in a village private home
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque font decorated with ribbed pattern of flats ribs. García Gómez (ibid.) lists it as one of group of Romanesque fonts in Soria province kept in very poor conditions and in danger of total destruction; this particular one is serving as a planter outside; the author notes that the font has been the subject of an attempted robbery already. Described in Rodríguez Montañés, in his "Panorama general del arte románico en Soria" [http://inicia.es/de/FSMLR/panorama.htm] as a Romanesque baptismal font of the late 12th century. The former font, now used as a planter in a private residence, is listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_LA_LAGUNA.pdf] [accessed 20 May 2025]: "La actual iglesia es un edificio del siglo XVIII, aunque su pila bautismal, de copa troncocónica gallonada y buena factura, manifiesta traza románica. No pudimos tomar sus
medidas al encontrarse hoy día en el jardín de una vivienda del pueblo, donde cumple funciones de jardinera."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 323, 325, 330