Huermeces nr. Salto de Villora / Huérmeces

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind

INFORMATION

FontID: 09826HUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located just W of the Salto de Villora, the NW tip of the Embalse de Contreras (access is from the N320: at Almodóvar del Pinar follow the local road to Paracuellos and continue on that road to Huérmeces)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Nieto Taberné (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a blind arcade [NB: not to be mistaken with the town of Huérmeces in the province of Burgos that has a similar font of the same period -- cf. Index entry]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001