Urrez No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 14822URR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: c/ la Bolera, 21, 09199 Urrez, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the BU-V-8004, in the municipality and 6 km S of Villasur de Herreros, 28-30 km ESE of Burgos capital
Historical Region: Alfoz de Burgos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León (2002- ) notes two fonts in this church: a 16th-century font now in use inside the church, and an older one of which only the basin remains, now raised on an carved piece of the 17th or 18th century and kept in the porch. The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 6 April 2022] mentions only one font: "La pila es renacentista con borde moldurado y estrías y base cónica moldurada".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 466857 4679847

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla y León, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2002-