Daroca de Aragón

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design element - architectural - window - oval

Scene Description: all around the basin sides
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17221DAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel [aka San Valero], Daroca de Aragón
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Pl. San Miguel, 9, 50360 Daroca, Zaragoza, Spain -- Tel.: +34 976 80 07 61
Site Location: Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-211, 88 km SW of Zaragoza capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Zaragoza
Font Notes:
Tub-shaped baptismal with tapering sides decorated with large oval windows all around. Probably from the date of the original church fabric, the late-12th of early-13th century. Noted and illustrated in Romanico aragones [https://www.romanicoaragones.com/6-Zaragoza/990510-DarocaSMiguel1.htm] [accessed 9 September 2025]: "A los pies del templo, en su lado norte, hay una pila bautismal que debió de lucir decoración escultórica en sus laterales; pero que en la actualidad apenas se puede distinguir." [NB: San Miguel is of of seven churches that existed in Daroca by the early-13th century; we have no information on the fonts from the other churches]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 632911 4552530
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.11319, -1.416951
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 6′ 47.48″ N, 1° 25′ 1.03″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining