Castano del Robledo / Castaño del Robledo

INFORMATION

FontID: 17054CAS
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located 113 km from Huelva capital [37° 53′ 0″ N, 6° 42′ 0″ W 37.883333, -6.7]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Font Notes:
Noted in Huelvapedia [http://wikanda.huelvapedia.es/wiki/Iglesia_Parroquial_de_Santiago_Ap%C3%B3stol_(Casta%C3%B1o_del_Robledo)] as a holy-water stoup raised on columns and dated in the 16th century [NB: the baptismal font in this church is noted in this same source as 18th-century, with polychrome tiles; the tiles are actually not on the font itself, but on the enclusre that is attached to the stem of the font -- illustrated in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone