Fresno de Caracena No. 1
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph in Guiadesoria.es [https://guiadesoria.es/soria-y-provincia/pueblos-de-soria/230-fresno-de-caracena.html#iglesia] [accessed 12 August 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16620FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the E end
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Previous Font Location(s): probably from the Ermita de la Virgen de la Soleday [today a moder building]
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: Fresno de Caracena, 42311, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-V-16101/1602, about 20 km S of Burgo de Osma, 74 km from Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Alfoz de Gormaz
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font [cf. Font Notes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a band of saw-tooth motif just below the upper rim. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_FRESNO_DE_CARACENA.pdf] [accessed 3 September 2025] reports two Romanesque baptismal fonts in this church: "en el interior de la iglesia se conservan dos pilas bautismales, ambas de traza románica. En la entrada de la cabecera se sitúa una de ellas, de copa semiesférica, con 80 cm de diámetro por 65 cm de altura, decorada con un filete en la embocadura, una banda incisa de dientes de sierra y la parte inferior decorada con una hilera de arquillos de medio punto que dan paso a gallones. Esta pila quizá proceda de la emita de la Virgen de la Soledad, hoy edificio moderno." [cf. FontNotes for Fresno de Caracena No. 2 for another baptismal font listed for this same site].
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 493039 4588717
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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. 331