Aracena No. 2
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Parroquia de Ntra. Sra. de Asuncion [...] Fachada trasera"
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Parroquia de Ntra. Sra. de Asuncion [...] Fachada delantera (obra de nueva construccion)"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 February 2004 by Ana M Palacios [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parroquia_de_Ntra._Sra._de_Asuncion.JPG] [accessed 30 January 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17032ARA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1692
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Plaza Alta, 7, 21200 Aracena, Huelva, Spain -- Tel.: +34 959 12 80 71
Site Location: Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N-433 - A-479 crossroads, about 80 km NNE of Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huelva
Historical Region: Comarca Sierra de Huelva
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Noted in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) as a baptismal font of the 17th century, dated 1692 by an inscription; a round basin raised on a baluster-shaped pedestal base; made of white marble. [NB: the church fabric dates to the 14th century, but we have no information on the medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 714460 4196538
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006, p. 118