Hinojos
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17056HIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1688?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor, Hinojos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel, at the W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Address: Pl. de España, 5, 21740 Hinojos, Huelva, Spain
Site Location: Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located S of the E-1 / A-49, about 25 km WSW of Sanlucar la Mayor, 60 km E of Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huelva
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) notes a baptismal font made of red marble with white veins, the pedestal baluster-shaped; installed in 1688. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the late 14th or early 15th century, but we have no information on the earlier font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 732372 4130469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.291834, -6.378564
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 17′ 30.6″ N, 6° 22′ 42.83″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
REFERENCES
- Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006, p. 385