Cerro del Andevalo / Cerro del Andévalo
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17076CER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Miguel de Castro
Cognate Fonts: [cf. other fonts identified by this stone mason]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de Gracia, Cerro del Andévalo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Plaza España, 3, 21320 El Cerro de Andévalo, Huelva, Spain -- Tel.: +34 959 56 73 13
Site Location: Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the HV-421 and the HU-6102, about 50 km N of Huelva capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Huelva
Historical Region: Andévalo
Font Notes:
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Noted in Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) as a late-17th century font made of grey marble by Miguel de Castro, a mason from Aroche. A digital photograph of this font in the context of its chapel taken 2 June 2022 by 19Tarrestnom65 may be seen in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Cerro_de_Andévalo_125.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2025].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29S 682113 4178239
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.733333, -6.933333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 44′ 0″ N, 6° 56′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, 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. 243