Santa Eulalia de las Dorigas / Doriga / Dóriga

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 September 2012)
Results: 6 records
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church interior - altar and retable
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: in the presbitery, right next to the altar, obviously not its original location
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 July 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 September 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19150DOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: 33858 Santa Eulalia de las Dorigas, Asturias, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Asturias, Principado de Asturias
Directions to Site: Located off the SL-9, SE of Sobrerriba and Cornellana, E of Narcea, W of Oviedo, in the municipality of Salas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Oviedo
Historical Region: Las Dorigas -- Comarca Vaqueira
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the E end, to the right (S) of the main altar
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church consecrated 1121 [era 1158] by bishop Pelayo
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base, the only decoration a double moulding where the stem joins the lower base; single metal loop staple at the front in the upper rim. Wooden cover of the 'toilet-seat' type, hinged at the back, unfortunately common in this area; modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.39537,
-6.14434
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 23' 43.38" N,
6° 8' 40.01" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]