Zufre

INFORMATION

FontID: 17071ZUF

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria de la Purisima Concepción

Church Patron Saints: The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Huelva, Andalucía

Directions to Site: Located in the Parque Natural de la Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, 130 km from Huelva capital [Coordinates: 37° 50′ 0″ N, 6° 20′ 0″ W 37.833333, -6.333333]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel

Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) as a baptismal font of the 16th century located inside the baptistery chapel. [NB: the nearby Ermita de Santa Zita, a rural chapel, holds an interesting holy-water stoup made from a Visgothic marble capital]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006