Albendea No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16936ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th - 8th century, Visigothic
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Llanes, Albendea [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: 16812 Albendea, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the CM-2023, 70 km NNW of Cuenca capital
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 553103 4480325
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.471911, -2.373557
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 28′ 18.88″ N, 2° 22′ 24.8″ W
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, p. 119