Valverde on El Hierro
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18406VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Matriz de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Plaza Quintero Nuñez Valverde, El Hierro
Country Name: Spain
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Directions to Site: Valverde is located in the NE part of the island of El Hierro, in the Canary Islands
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna [aka Diócesis de Tenerife]
Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Gothic
Church Notes: the present church is a Baroque re-building of the 18th century
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Avila (2012) notes and illustrates the present font and holy-water stoups, all of them modern, and outside the scope of this Index. Avila (ibid.) further notes that the original church here dates from the early 15th century the time of conquest and baptism of the aboriginals [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
27.807269,
-17.914814
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
27° 48′ 26.17″ N,
17° 54′ 53.33″ W
UTM: 28R 212829 3079262
REFERENCES
Avila, Ana, Isla de El Hierro: Patrimonio artístico religioso, Madrid: Ediciones del Umbral, 2012