Villafranca del Bierzo no. 5
Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
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view of font - southwest side
Scene Description: the north doorway is visible in the background
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of font - southeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of font in context - southeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of church exterior - north view - detail
Scene Description: the window opens into the chancel on the north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: showing part of the excavations that revealed the earlier church here; this part appears to have been an old reservoir inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: showing the font build into the base of the north wall; wooden west gallery at the far back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
information
Scene Description: plaque outside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Sanchez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2016 by Cristina Sanchez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 9 June 2019)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14268VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan [aka Iglesia Parroquial de San Fiz de Viso]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: original monastery 7thC; present church originally of the Hospitallers, late-12th or early-13thC
Church Address: Ctra. Corullón, 6A, 24500 Villafranca del Bierzo, León, Spain
Site Location: León, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A6/NVI, 20-25 km WNW of Ponferrada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: El Bierzo
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is an old one, perhaps the original of the 12th-13th century church here; it consists of a roughly-hemispherical plain basin of regular proportions raised on a base that appears to be a mix of an upper circular stone and a lower one made of cemented rubble, all of it nuilt into the base of the North wall of the nave. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Cristina Sanchez for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 678876 4718924
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.602003, -6.819489
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 7.21″ N, 6° 49′ 10.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round