Castro de Fuentiduena / Castro de Fuentidueña

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Grama [www.arteguias.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/9/2003)

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Grama [www.arteguias.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 24/9/2003)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08846CAS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary

Church Address: 40315 Castro de Fuentidueña, Segovia, Spain

Site Location: Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located on the SG-241, between Torrearada (N) and Castrojimeno (S), 19-20 km NNW of Sepúlveda, 60 km from Segovia capital (follow C-603 S of Aranda de Duero, then east to Castro de F., or the alternative longer route via the N1/E5, then west to Castro de F.)

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Baptismal font of the Romanesque period. The roughly cylindrical basin is decorated with a blind arcade of large irregular arches; the base is a plain cylindrical stem much thinner than the basin, with a broader lower base, also round, in the manner of a roll moulding. This is a crude work.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com] for his notes on and photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 428965 4585361

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round