Santurde de Burgos / Santurde de Medina de Pomar

INFORMATION

FontID: 07931SAN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente

Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent

Church Location: Carretera Pomar, 09514 Santurde, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located on the N-629, 6 km N of Medina de Pomar, 75 km SW of Bilbao, 85 km NNE of Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca de Las Merindades

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: church restored recently; formerly one of two parishes in the village; the other church, San Jorge, disappeared a long time ago, and only some traces of the building remain; is it possible that the font at San Vicente was originally from the older church, San Jorge?

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Lopez Domech (1985) as a baptismal font with a ribbed basin.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 460693 4758807

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en la Rioja, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008

López Domech, Ramón, Románico de Vizcaya, Bilbao: Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína, 1985