Vega de Poja nr. Siero / Vega Poja
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in December 2011 by Mikel Unanue
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice the internal division in the basin of the modern font
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of font, cover and stoup in context
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in December 2011 by Mikel Unanue
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17817VEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: the church building still retains some 13th-century features, such as the west portal
Church Address: Vega, 2 (Vega Poja) 33510 Siero, Asturias
Site Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-634, NE of Pola de Siero. in the municipality of Siero (the church is located near the Golf Club 'La Barganiza')
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the original font of the 13th-century church?)
Font Notes:
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The present is modern, probably of the 18th century, consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with stylised geometric renditions of the old acanthus motifs; plain and rounded underbowl; raised on a pedestal made up of a cluster of four torsade colonnettes, on a plain square lower base; the inner well of the basin is divided into compartments. It has an interesting wooden cover, also modern; it consists of a vertical back-pane that simulates a triptich; to it is hinged a plain pentagonal flat cover over the basin. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and modern font
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UTM: 30T 286755 4808604