Rabanal del Camino

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design element - architectural - arch or window
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - rope moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - with inserts
view of church exterior in context - east view
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 20621RAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 24722 Rabanal del Camino, León, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: León, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the LE-142, 6 km NW and in the municipality of Santa Colomba de Somoza, WNW of Astorga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Astorga
Historical Region: La Maragatería
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century
Church Notes: origianl church late-12thC?; belonged to Kinghts Templar; modified 17th-18thC
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church is late, probably 17th-century or later; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with mouldings, tiny arches or windows and a pattern of concave ribs with inserts; raised on a round-to-square pedestal base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 28' 56.69" N, 6° 17' 6.37" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round