Escacena del Campo
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17049ESC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de El Divino Salvador, Escacena del Campo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: 13th-18thC church
Church Address: C. Virgen de Luna, 2, 21870 Escacena del Campo, Huelva, Spain -- Tel.: +34 959 42 34 10
Site Location: Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the HV-5132, off (N) the A-472 61 km from Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huelva
Historical Region: formerly Sevilla province
Font Notes:
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Noted in Huelvapedia [http://wikanda.huelvapedia.es/wiki/Escacena_del_Campo] as a monolithic baptismal font made of limestone, the round basin decorated with ribbed pattern on the sides; suggested date in this source in the late medieval period. [NB: the present church dates from the 16th century and was built near the rests of a mosque; this font, if correctly dated, may have come from another church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 731028 4143600
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.410407, -6.389622
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 24′ 37.46″ N, 6° 23′ 22.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round