Talavera la Vieja
Image copyright © Manuel Trinidad, 2003
Image and permission received (e-mail 8/12/2003)
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Scene Description: Located in its present temple at Talavera de la Reina
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manuel Trinidad, 2003
Image Source: photograph courtesy of Manuel Trinidad
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 8/12/2003)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09021TAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de los Santos Mártires de Talavera de la Reina
Church Location: [NB: the old church and the village were submerged under the waters of the Pantano de Valdecañas]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located just S of the E90, about 80 km NWW of Toledo capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font from the parish church at Talavera la Vieja; the font was moved ca. 1963 to the Iglesia de los Santos Mártires in Talavera de la Reina when the old town was submerged under the waters of the Pantano de Valdecañas. The font, as it appears now, consists of three parts: a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base, both crude and rather irregular. The lower base is square and was perhaps not part of the original font. Two ceramic containers are placed in the well of the basin and are used for the rite now. [We are grateful to Manuel Trinidad of www.iespana.es/paseovirtual for his notes on and image of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round