Salamanca No. 9

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18409SAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Gothic

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora del Carmen [aka Iglesia del Carmen de Abajo]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Notes: the original conventual church was destroyed in 1626 -- the complex houses the Convento de Carmelitas Calzados o de la Antigua Observancia

Church Address: Espoz y Mina, 11, 37002 Salamanca, Spain -- Tel.: +34 923213668

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

Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, off Plaza de los Bandos

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca

Historical Region: Castilla la Vieja

Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 15thC church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font from the original 15th-century church here)

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 275845 4537603

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.958825, -5.6635

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 57′ 31.77″ N, 5° 39′ 48.6″ W