San Polo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16395POL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Polo [formerly a monastery of the Knights Templar?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: early-13thC church; now a private dwelling
Church Address: N-234, 1, 42005 Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-234, on the E bank of the Duero river, 2 km E of Soria city centre
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque font decorated with ribbed pattern. García Gómez (ibid.) lists it as one of group of Romanesque fonts in Soria province kept in very poor conditions and in danger of total destruction; this particular one is serving as a planter outside
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 545487 4623544
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.762427, -2.452792
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 45′ 44.74″ N, 2° 27′ 10.05″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 325