Santurde de Burgos / Santurde de Medina de Pomar
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07931SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
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?
Church Address: Carretera Pomar, 09514 Santurde, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
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
Additional Comments: [NB: is it possible that the font at San Vicente was originally from the older church, San Jorge?]
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 1: 340
- López Domech, Ramón, Románico de Vizcaya, Bilbao: Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína, 1985, p. 54