Lete No. 3 / Yarte
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08647LET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia del Monasterio de Santa María de Yarte [abandoned and in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery of the abandoned church [ca. 1990]
Church Notes: 11thC monastery church, later priory; closed in 1837; abandoned church -- in ruins
Church Address: 31172 Iza, Navarre, Spain
Site Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the NA-7010, in the municipality of Iza, 15 km NW of Pamplona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Pamplona
Additional Comments: disused font: only the basin remains of the original font in this abandoned temple
Font Notes:
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Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 105) as the basin of the original baptismal font of this church; the plain hemispherical basin is dated, like the church itself, to the second half of the 12th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 597715 4746330
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 1° 48′ 13.77″ W, -1.803825
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 47.94″ N, 1° 48′ 13.77″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [basin only]
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- García Gainza, María Concepción, Catálogo monumental de Navarra, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra, Arzobispado de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra, [1990?], vol. V**: 105