Valencia de las Torres

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Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist?

Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2010 by jose [https://www.verpueblos.com/extremadura/badajoz/valencia+de+las+torres/foto/508320/] [accessed 18 December 2020]

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angel - 2

Scene Description: putti-like angels hold the shield

Image Source: Cosme Alvarez [www.nuevoportal.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 2/4/2003)

angel - cherub or putto - 4

Scene Description: standing on the sides of the pedestal base

Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2010 by jose [https://www.verpueblos.com/extremadura/badajoz/valencia+de+las+torres/foto/508320/] [accessed 18 December 2020]

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animal - mammal - lion - protome - 4

Scene Description: one at each corner of the lower base

Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2010 by jose [https://www.verpueblos.com/extremadura/badajoz/valencia+de+las+torres/foto/508320/] [accessed 18 December 2020]

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coat of arms - Orden de Santiago / Alcántara

Scene Description: held by two putti-like angels

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design element - motifs - foliage - scroll

Scene Description: at the top of the pedestal base

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia parroquial en la Plaza de España de Valencia de las Torres, Badajoz."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 January 2017 by Angel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_en_Valencia_de_las_Torres.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2020]

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph 1 April 2010 by jose [https://www.verpueblos.com/extremadura/badajoz/valencia+de+las+torres/foto/508320/] [accessed 18 December 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08020VAL

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: Plaza España, 4, 06444 Valencia de las Torres, Badajoz, Spain -- Tel.: +34 924 88 10 52

Country Name: Spain

Location: Badajoz, Extremadura

Directions to Site: Located off the EX-103, EX-202 and BA-131, 15-20 km SSE of Hornachos [with a similar font], 42 km E of Zafra

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Mérida-Badajoz

Historical Region: Comarca Campiña Sur

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance? / Baroque?

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Juan Bautista Vázquez el Viejo

Cognate Fonts: the font in nearby Hornachos

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cosme Alvarez, of www.nuevoportal.com, for bringing this font to our attention and for the image of the same

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this church in Centro de Desarrollo Rural "CAMPIÑA SUR" [http://www.cedercampisur.com/index.php?seccion=comarca&accion=pueblos&ref=19&uno=patrimonio&dos=detalles&dato=166] [accessed 18 December 2020] notes: "pila bautismal de alabastro labrado con motivos renacentistas a base de rostros de querubines o angelotes alados y elementos vegetales (donde aún pueden apreciarse restos de policromía sobre el pedestal). Obra de Juan Bautista Vázquez “el Viejo”". A similar. almost verbatim description of this font appears in Turismo Badajoz [http://turismo.badajoz.es/bibliovirtual/LOCALIDADES/valencia-torre/files/basic-html/page2.html] [accessed 18 December 2020], and in the Diputación de Badajoz web site entry for this church [https://www.dip-badajoz.es/municipios/municipio_dinamico/monumentos/index_monumentos.php?codigo=155] [accessed 18 December 2020]. The Hornachos entry in the Diputación de Badajoz web site [wew.dip-badajoz.es/municipios/municipio_dinamico/monumentos/index_monumentos.php?codigo=072] [accessed 17 December 2020] notes: "pila bautismal, primorosa pieza de alabastro obra de Juan Bautista Vázquez el Viejo, pareja de la de Valencia de las Torres". This baptismal font has a round basin ornamented with deeply carved angels holding shields; the one visible in the source contains an Alcántara cross in it as well as a lion; the base has four cherubs or putti on the sides and lion protomes ar rge four corners.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30S 238018 4254460

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round