Tejeda de Tietar / Tejeda de Tiétar / Tejeda del Tiétar

Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
view of church exterior - west view
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 17828TEJ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel Arcángel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cáceres, Extremadura
Directions to Site: Located off the EX-203, E of Plasencia, 100 km from Caceres capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Plasencia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of coarse granite, and consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with a ribbed pattern framed at the top with round arches all around, raised on a round-to-square base; there is evidence of hardware anchors for a former cover at the upper rim. There is a ceramic insert inside the basin, of a type commonly used in this area of Spain for baptisms.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 255344 4433544
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]