Balluncar / Bayubcar / Valluncar
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16442BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Calatañazor, Balluncar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 1, 42212 Balluncar, Soria, Spain -- Tel. +34 975 30 01 22
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the CL-101, 6 km S of Almazán, about 40 km S of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Comarca de Almazán / Castilla la Vieja
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim [http://soria-virtual.com/almazan/balluncar/gmx-niv143-con8880.htm] [accessed 25 April 2010]. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_BALLUNCAR.pdf] [accessed 1 September 2025]: "La iglesia de Santa María de Calatañazor es un edificio del siglo XIII que guarda en su interior una sencilla pila bautismal que por su forma parece románica. Mide 120 cm de diámetro por 76 de altura y presenta como única decoración un bocel tallado en el borde superior."
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 537950 4586068
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.425278, -2.545833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 25′ 31″ N, 2° 32′ 45″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 76 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Enciclopedia del románico [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.