Belinchon / Belinchón

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16154BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel de Belinchón
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Parque Stsmo Cristo Arrodillado, 1, 16470 Belinchón, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the E-901, about 7 km NW of Tarancón
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Font Notes:
Tthe Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Guadalajara (2009) notes similarities between the fonts at Romanillos de Atienza, in Guadalajara prov., and those at Belinchón and Fuertescusa in Cuenca province. The font in the church of San Miguel Arcángel de Belinchón is illustrated in El Arte en Cuenca [https://elarteencuenca.es/blog/iglesia/belinchon-iglesia-san-miguel-arcangel] [accessed 29 August 2025]; it consists of a crude basin of roughly cylindical shape raised on a short pedestal base, also round; both plain; it appears medieval. No cover present. A holy-water stoup is also illustrated in the same source: hemispherical basin with gadrooned sides, raised on a square baluster-shped pedestal base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 495267 4433100
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.048127, -3.055482
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 2′ 53.26″ N, 3° 3′ 19.73″ W