Camoca No. 2 / Camoca de Arriba / Camoca Riba

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10883CAM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century / 18th century, Romanesque? / Modern?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista de Camoca
Font Location in Church: Outside, wall-mounted to the right of one entrance door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Address: 33312 La Fontana, Asturias, Spain
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the AS-380, W of the A-64, 5-6 km SW of Villaviciosa
Historical Region: Oviedo
Font Notes:
A hemispherical holy-water stoup mounted on the outside wall, to the right of one of the two entrance doors to the church. It is not clear whether the object belongs to 1783, or to the earlier period of the church of Camoca. [cf. Index entry for Camoca No. 1 for a missing baptismal font from the early period]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 300070 4814877
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.4601, -5.47135
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 27′ 36.36″ N, 5° 28′ 16.86″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round