Fromista No. 1 / Frómista
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jegarcialva, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2010 by Jesús García Alva
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 September 2010)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jegarcialva, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 4 September 2010 by Jesús García Alva
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 September 2010)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16861FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[composite font?], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Castillo / Iglesia de Santa María del Castillo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church is late-Gothic or early-Renaissance
Church Address: Plaza del Castillo, s/n / Calle la Plata, 6, 34440 Frómista, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the N-611, 20 km from Carrión de los Condes, 32 from Palencia capital -- this church is located in the upper area of town
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Tierra de Campos
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a plain, roughly hemispherical basin raised on what appears to be an upturned capital; the basin could be late medieval; the font appears to be a composite one, but we have no other information on it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jesús García Alva, of http://www.villacibio.blogspot.com http://palenciaromanica.blogspot.com and http://penasalbas.blogspot.com for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 383991 4680404
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round