Pereda / La Pereda / La Preda

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16836PER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santo Tomás, La Pereda

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas

Church Address: AS-216, 18, 33877 La Pereda, Asturias, Spain

Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located on the AS-216, La Pereda is a 'barrio' or hamlet of Tineo. It is 10 km from Tineo itslef.

Additional Comments: disused font / re-cycled font: serving as planter in a tavern garden -- Mikel may supply photos at a later date

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: a communication from Mikel Unanue to BSI (e-mail of 2 August 2010) reports that the old font from the church is erving as flower-pot in the garden of the local tavern -- the parish church is the Iglesia de Santo Tomás, with 15th-century fabric, but there was a 12th-century Benedictine hospital in this town]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29T 714977 4807387

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.388559, -6.345788

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 23′ 18.81″ N, 6° 20′ 44.84″ W