Anolaima

INFORMATION

FontID: 07983ANO
Church/Chapel: [orig. from the Augustinian Convent in this locality]
Country Name: Colombia
Location: Cundinamarca
Directions to Site: Anolaima is located about 45-50 km WNW of Bogota
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,
A baptismal font appears to be the only surviving object from the old convent built by the Augustinian Recollects in Anoliama in the late 16th or early 17th century; the source [cf. infra] informs that the foundation was by Cédula Real of king Carlos V of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor [1500-1558]. [source: Emilio Antonio Páez Cuevas "Aspectos históricos de Anolaima" released by Ronni Edgar Martínez Parra in http://www.geocities.com/romanolaima/Aspectoshistoricos.html]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone