Casas de Santa Cruz / Casas de Arriba

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16939CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial, Casas de Santa Cruz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: 16236 Casas de Santa Cruz, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CM-311, in the municipality and ESE of Villanueva de Jara
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Historical Region: Manchuela conquense
Font Notes:
Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as one in a group of somewhat similar fonts at Castejón de Cuenca, Almodóvar del Pinar, Culebras and Casas de Santa Cruz [there is no separate entry in the Enclopedia… for this locality].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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. 198