Pereda / La Pereda

INFORMATION

FontID: 16836PER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santo Tomás
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located on the AS-216, La Pereda is a 'barrio' or hamlet of Tineo. It is 10 km from Tineo itslef.
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
[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]