Chiloeches

INFORMATION

FontID: 16117CHI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia de Merida
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located on the CM-2004, S of Guadalajara capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) gives the fonts of Berninches (Despoblado de La Golosa), Tobillos, Ventosa and Chiloeches, in the same province, as cognates [NB: the Enciclopedia… does not have en entry for Chiloeches; its font is mentioned in the context of the entry for Berninches]. The Parish website [http://www.chiloeches.org/parroquia.html] [accessed 10 March 2010] notes a baptismal font inside the baptismal chapel at the west end of the nave; the church itself is described as dating from ca. 1610, so it must be from an earlier church or another location.

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