Ainielle

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view of church exterior - northwest view?

Scene Description: the ruins of the abandoned church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font in context

Scene Description: in the ruins of the abandoned church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 January 2000 by Luis Jaime [http://ljaime.com[

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 16824AIN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Evangelista [San Miguel?]

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist [St. Michael?]

Church Location: 22630 Biescas, Huesca, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huesca, Aragón

Directions to Site: Abandoned village located off (E) the Barranco de Ainielle, near Olibán / Oliván, about 10 km ENE of Sabiñánigo, 14 km from Biescas, its municipality

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Jaca

Historical Region: Alto Gállego

Font Location in Church: Inside the ruined church

Century and Period: , Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Luis Jaime, of http://ljaime.com, for his photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: some sources give the dedication as San Miguel

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a short and broad cylindrical stem, both plain. The upper rim of the basin is damaged. The font is built into an alcove of the wall. The church is in ruins and the font is exposed to the elements.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 736555 4716790

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round