Guelbenzu

INFORMATION

FontID: 08686GUE

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: Spain

Location: Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Directions to Site: Located in the valley of Odieta, N of Ezcabarte and S of Ulzama, Merindad de Pamplona

Font Location in Church: In a niche of the N side

Century and Period: 16th century,

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Catálogo Monumental de Navarra (1990?-, vol. V**: 368): baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal and a circular lower base, all plain. Although the CMdeN does not date the font, it probably belongs to the same date as the building itself, the 16th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

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?]