Betono / Betoniu / Betoño / Betoñu
Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 7 April 2011)
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © EAGJ, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2011 by EAGJ [Enrique A. García Jiménez]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2011 by Belen Guerrikabeitia
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 7 April 2011)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17341BET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Azkoitia Kalea, s/n, 01013 Betoño, Alava/Araba, Spain -- Tel.: +34 945 25 48 10
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the N-240, in the municipality of Vitoria/Gasteiz, towards the NE
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Alfoz de Harhazua
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Belen Guerrikabeitia and Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for their photographs of the modern font
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16thC; 16thC wall paintings on the choir/gallery at the west end of the nave [reported in http://www.petrarestauracion.com/_pdf/betono.pdf]
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, a round basin on a baluster-type pedestal base [NB: the church fabric goes back to the 13th century, but we have no information on its medieval font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.861546, -2.65532
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 51′ 41.57″ N, 2° 39′ 19.15″ W
UTM: 30T 528157 4745498