Portillo de Soria

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16435POR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel, Portillo de Soria
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery and partly built into the wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 42138 Portillo de Soria, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-3068, S of the N-234, 40 km SE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Additional Comments: altered font: partly built into the wall
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque baptismal font decorated with large round arches on the sides of the bucket-shaped basin; now partly built into the wall. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_PORTILLO_DE_SORIA.pdf] [accessed 1 September 2025]: "A los pies del templo, bajo el coro y parcialmente encastrada en el muro, aparece la pila bautismal, de 1 m de diámetro y 0,64 m de altura, de cronología románica. Tallada en un bloque de caliza, presenta copa troncocónica, decorada con un junquillo en la embocadura y la consabida sucesión de arco de medio punto en resalte, en este caso con perlas en las enjutas."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 573202 4609656
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.635278, -2.121111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 38′ 7″ N, 2° 7′ 16″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Total Height: 64 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
  • García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 325, 337