Ventosa nr. Corduente and Terraza

INFORMATION

FontID: 16116VEN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de S. Antonio Abad

Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]

Church Location: La Iglesia, 2 - 19414 Ventosa (Guadalajara), Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha

Directions to Site: Located just W of Terraza, off the CM-210, 12 km WSW of Molina de Aragon, 150 km from Guadalajara capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Sigüenza-Guadalajara

Century and Period: , Medieval

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) gives the fonts of Berninches (Despoblado de La Golosa), Tobillos, Torotonda, Ventosa and Chiloeches, in the same province, as cognates. [NB: the entry for Ventosa in the Enciclopedia…, however, does not mention a parish church or a font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009