Pinar / El Pinar / El Pinar de El Hierro

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18413PIN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Antonio Abad, El Pinar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Address: C/El Pinar s/n, Taibique, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, El Hierro 38913 España -- Tel.: +34 922 558 102
Site Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of ge HI-4, on the island of El Hierro, 27 km S of Valverde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna [aka Diócesis de Tenerife]
Font Notes:
Avila (2012) nottes and illustrates a stone holy-water stoup of the 17th century; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a pronounced moulding at the upper rim, raised on a square-to-octagonal pedestal base, and a two-step square lower base. Avila (ibid.) reports that the baptismal font here is, like those at San Andres and El Mocanal, modern, of the late-19th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 28R 206094 3067707
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 27.701631, -17.980269
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 27° 42′ 5.87″ N, 17° 58′ 48.97″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Avila (2012)]

REFERENCES

  • Avila, Ana, Isla de El Hierro: Patrimonio artístico religioso, Madrid: Ediciones del Umbral, 2012, p. 406, fig. 432