Arevalo No. 5 / Arévalo

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view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 September 2010 by Rowanwindwhistler [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IglesiaDeSanJuanBautistaArévalo.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2014]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Arévalo. Iglesia de San Juan. Cúpula de la capilla de la Virgen de las Angustias"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2013 by Miguel Hermoso Cuesta [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cúpula_Arévalo.JPG] [accessed 19 April 2014]

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view of church interior - sculpture - Zechariah

Scene Description: said to be 12thC Burgundian Romanesque

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2013 by Miguel Hermoso Cuesta [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zacarías_Arévalo.jpg] [accessed 19 April 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19162ARE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Juan Bautista [aka San Juan de los Reyes]

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Plaza del Real 12, 05200 Arévalo, Avila, Spain -- Tel.: +34 920 30 00 01

Country Name: Spain

Location: Avila, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: The church forms part of the city walls

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Ávila

Historical Region: La Moraña y Arévalo

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Church Notes: church originally 12th-13thC [románico-mudéjar]; much altered in the 15th, 16th and 18th [source: Arteguias [www.arteguias.com/romanico_arevalo.htm] [accessed 19 April 2014]] -- served as the palace church of the Trastámara family -- it is now open to irregular cult functions, not daily service

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]