Nuez de Arriba / La Nuez de Arriba

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17826NUE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada Concepción

Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary

Church Address: c/ la Iglesia, 1, 09125 La Nuez de Arriba, Burgos, Spain

Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-601, in the municipality and 6 km SSE of Urbel del Castillo, 35 km from Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Historical Region: Comarca de Páramos

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 23 August 2021] notes: "Su templo parroquial, dedicado a la Inmaculada Concepción, es gótico [...] con restos románicos [...] la portada es románica, de medio punto con arquivoltas lisas [...] La pila es románica con arcos incisos superficiales y pie cilíndrico". Baptismal font of the date of the original church itself, probably the late-12th or early-13th century.

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UTM: 30T 433663 4716717