Fuentetecha

INFORMATION

FontID: 16537CAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Soria, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the SO-P-2005, sandwiched between the N-122 to the N, and the N-234 to the S; ESE of Soria capital
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a Romanesque baptismal font decorated with a repeated incised pattern. Goig Soler (2010) informs that the hamlet of Cabrejuelas del Hoyo, in the parish of Fuentetecha, paid baptismal rights to the priest of Fuentetecha; Cabrejuelas was already abandoned in the 13th century, and is today just a pile of rocks.

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. 329
Goig Soler, Isabel, "Los despoblados sorianos", Primavera 2010, Páginas de etnología, 2010