Carenes / Careñes

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design element - motifs - moulding and piping
design element - motifs - sawtooth
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior - west view
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 18572CAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Santa Cecilia
Church Patron Saints: St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]
Church Location: Atilan s/n, 33300 Villaviciosa, Asturias
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located at the AS-256 - W-3 crossroads, in the municipality of Villaviciosa, and NW of the latter
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Comarca de la Sidra
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of two parts from different periods; the basin is roughly hemispherical in shape, the only decoration being two parallel bands of saw-tooth motif all around the basin sides; there are two notches carved on the inside the basin at it is raised on a later pedestal base of cylindrical shape decorated with mouldings and piping.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.54439,
-5.499732
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 32′ 39.8″ N,
5° 29′ 59.03″ W
UTM: 30T 298056 4824307
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]