San Andres nr. Valverde No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18411AND
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia [antigua Ermita] de San Andrés
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: C/ Iglesia de San Andrés, 2, 38915 El Hierro, Canarias -- Tel.: +34 922 551 451
Site Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: San Andrés is a hamlet off the HI-1, in the municipality of Valverde, on the island of El Hierro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna [aka Diócesis de Tenerife]
Additional Comments: disappeared stoup?
Font Notes:
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Avila (2012) notes that in 1692 there was a "piedra de agua" [stone stoup] in this rural chapel [NB: not clear from the source whether this stoup has survived or not].
COORDINATES
UTM: 28R 212982 3079141
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Avila, Ana, Isla de El Hierro: Patrimonio artístico religioso, Madrid: Ediciones del Umbral, 2012, p. 384