Albendea No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 16936ALB
Church/Chapel: Ermita de Llanes [in ruins]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha
Directions to Site: Located off the N-320, 70 km from Cuenca capital [in El Infantado, in the N of the province, just E of the Rio San Juan, near the border with Guadalajara province]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 6th - 8th century, Visigothic
The Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) notes that the Ermita de Llanes, now abandoned and in ruins, had a font or baptistery in its crypt in the Visigothic period [NB: no trace of the old font remains]

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2009