Villatuerta No. 1 / Bilatorta / Villatorta
INFORMATION
FontID: 08529VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: plaza de la Iglesia, 31132 Villatuerta, Navarra, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Directions to Site: Located on the N-111, 6-7 km ESE of Estella, 40 km from Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Pamplona
Historical Region: Merindad de Estella
Font Location in Church: In the S side, under the choir
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: church originally 13thC; destroyed 1378; re-buil
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. II**: 649) and in Domeño (1992: 182-183): medieval baptismal font; the hexagonal basin has ribbed pattern ornamentation. [cf. Index entry for Villatuerta No. 2 for a plain font outside the church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39' 28" N, 1° 59' 39" W
UTM: 30T 582498 4723497
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
Domeño Martínez de Morentín, Asunción, Pilas bautismales medievales en Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, 1992
García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?]