Abajas No. 1 / Abajas de Bureba / Abajas de Sedano / Abalgas / Ablias

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
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view of basin - interior
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior - apse - detail
view of church exterior - south portal
view of church exterior - west view
view of church interior - detail
view of church interior - detail
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 18165ABA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria la Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle la Iglesia, 09141 Abajas, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located on the Carretera Villarcayo, E of the CL-629, 36 km NNE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: La Bureba
Font Location in Church: Outside, in a corner of the porch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: details of the interior and exterior at http://romanicoburebano.blogspot.ca/2011/04/iglesia-de-santa-maria-de-abajas-de.html [accesed 2 September 2012]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Plain tub-shaped font located now [30 June 2012] in the porch of the Romanesque church; damaged on the sides and upper rim, the latter showing the staples of an old font cover. This font is not mentioned in the entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 28 January 2021] [cf. Index entry for Abajas No. 2]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.623333,
-3.58
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 37′ 24″ N,
3° 34′ 48″ W
UTM: 30T 4719151 452437
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]