Mazarete

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10260MAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Mamés de Mazarete
Font Location in Church: [disappeared as of January (?) 2002]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Notes: The parish church in this village is 16th-century; has a neo-Classical retable by Cristobal Herber of 1790
Church Address: GU-951, 19286 Mazarete, Guadalajara, Spain
Site Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GU-951, in the NE area of the province, 109 km NE of Guadalajara capital
Additional Comments: disappeared font / stolen font: stolen in January 2002
Font Notes:
García de la Paz (2003: 26) informs that the baptismal font of this 'ermita' [country chapel] was stolen from the interior of the church, together with the image of the patron saint and several other objects. The same source informs that the Spanish police recovered the image of San Mamés, but no mention was made of the present whereabouts of the stolen baptismal font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 570723 4539195
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.000877, -2.159073
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 0′ 3.16″ N, 2° 9′ 32.66″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • García de Paz, José Luis, Patrimonio desaparecido de Guadalajara: una guía para conocerlo y evocarlo, Guadalajara: Aache, 2003, p. 26