Huercemes / Huércemes / Huércenes / Huercenes

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16959HUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Huércemes [llamada de la Concepción -- now private property]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: ermita aneja de la iglesia de Paracuellos
Church Address: Despoblado Huércemes, Cuenca, Spain
Site Location: Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Uninhabited hamlet [now private property] located E of the CM-211 / N-320, and Almodovar del Pibar, in the municipality and just E of Paracuellos [Not to be mistaken with Huérmeces in Burgos]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Cuenca
Historical Region: La Manchuela conquense
Font Notes:
Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico en Castilla-La Mancha: Cuenca (2009) as a Romanesque font decorated with a ribbed pattern on the basin side. Described in Nieto Taberné (2001) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period decorated with a blind arcade [NB: not to be mistaken with the town of Huérmeces in the province of Burgos that has a similar font of the same period -- cf. Index entry]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30S 611125 4397687
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.721822, -1.703422
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39°43′18.56″ N, 1°42′12.32″ W

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. 148
  • Nieto Taberné, Tomás, El Románico en Cuenca, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2001