Villares de Soria / Los Villares de Soria / Villares de Almajano
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16685VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Los Villares de Soria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: C. Bo. Nuevo, 16, 42180 Los Villares de Soria, Soria, Spain
Site Location: Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SO-P-1207, E of the SO-615, 2-3 km NW of Almajano, 18-20 NE of Soria capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Historical Region: Comarca de Almarza / Castilla la Vieja
Font Notes:
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Noted in García Gómez (2007) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; bucket-shaped basin decorated with an arcade on columns, some of which have torsade pattern; above this, a band of zig-zag.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 553485 4634927
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.864444, -2.355556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 51′ 52″ N, 2° 21′ 20″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- García Gómez, Francisco José, "Pilas bautismales románicas en la provincia de Soria", 57, 101, Celtiberia, 2007, pp. [315]-358; p. 337