Campos / Los Campos

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16675CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Elena, Los Campos
Font Location in Church: Inside, beneath the W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Address: 42173 Los Campos, Soria, Spain -- Tel.: +34 975 38 10 26
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-1103, in the municipality and 1-2 km SE of Las Aldehuelas, 30 km N of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Tierras Altas / Castila la Vieja
Font Notes:
Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period, the hemispherical basin decorated with an arcade of round arches on columns with capitals and bases. Listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/soria_LOS_CAMPOS.pdf] [accessed 5 September 2025]: "conserva el templo, bajo el coro alto de madera sito a los pies de la nave, un ejemplar de pila bautismal románica. Sencilla y tosca, está labrada en un bloque de caliza; presenta copa semiesférica de 85 cm de diámetro × 55 cm de altura, decorada con un bocel en la embocadura y la recurrente sucesión de arcos de medio punto sobre columnillas."
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 553572 4648502
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.9867, -2.353272
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 59′ 12.12″ N, 2° 21′ 11.78″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 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. 337, 339