Zorita del Paramo No. 2 / Zorita del Páramo
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 December 2014)
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view of basin - northwest side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 26 July 2014 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 December 2014)
view of basin - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2014 by Antonio Daban Royo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2014)
view of stoup in context
Scene Description: just to the east of the south entranceway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2014 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 15 December 2014)
view of stoup - west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2014 by Antonio Daban Royo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 December 2014)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19604ZOR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Lorenzo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, just E of the S entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: C. Real, 45, 34407 Zorita del Páramo, Palencia, Spain
Site Location: Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the P-233, 2 km N of Herrera de Pisuerga, in the municipality of Páramo de Boedo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia
Historical Region: Comarca de Boedo-Ojeda
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup of the 16th century listed in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/palencia_ZORITA_DEL_PÁRAMO.pdf] [accessed 27 September 2025]: "una pila aguabenditera avenerada del siglo XVI." Holy-water stoup consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, an urn-like vessel on the west side, and foliage all around the basin sides; raised on a quadrangular pedestal base that inorporates columns with moulded capitalas and bases at the angles, on a square moulded lower base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue and Antonio Daban Royo, Amigos del Románico, for their photographs of this church and stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4717601 388619
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.6028, -4.35778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 10.08″ N, 4° 21′ 28.01″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.