Casalarreina
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the redundant rural chapel of San Román in the abandoned hamlet of Ajugarte
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pigmentoazul, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2009 by Pigmentoazul [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajuarte_-_Ermita_27641116.jpg] [accessed 8 November 2020]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rioja Románica, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 8 November 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14639CAS
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Martin [originally from the Ermita de San Román de Ajugarte [redundant]]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours [St. Romanus]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the ermita] Calle el Monte, 42, 26230 Casalarreina, La Rioja, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: La Rioja, La Rioja
Directions to Site: The abandoned hamlet of Ajugarte is located off the LR-111, in the municipality and 1 km S of Casalarreina, itself located just S of the N-232, 8 km SW of Haro, about 50 km WNW of Logroño capital
Historical Region: Provincia de Logroño
Font Location in Church: outside the church in Casalarreina [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval [altered]
Church Notes: 11th-12thC?; abandoned now and used for farm implement storage
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font of a plain type made in the area between the 12th and the 16th century with little change in design: a plain roughly hemispherical basin raised on a plain pedestal base; in this case the pedestal base is octagonal, and may have been a later addition; the font, though located just outside the entrance to the church, has actually been re-cycled into a water fountain. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggest the font may have been originally form the nearby Ermita de San Roman de Ajugarte, located just south of Casalarreina. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 8 November 2020]: "Esta pila bautismal se encuentra junto a la portada principal de la iglesia de san Martín en Casalarreina. Aunque se deconoce su origen puede proceder de San Román de Ajugarte. Es una pila de tipología en copa y su pie octogonal es moderno. La taza es semiesférica y lisa. Mide 113 cm de diámetro del brocal y 60 cm de altura de la taza."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.539167,
-2.913611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 32′ 21″ N,
2° 54′ 49″ W
UTM: 30T 507094 4709646
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 113 cm* / **
Basin Total Height: 60 cm* / **
Height of Base: 45 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) / ** Rioja Románica