Quintanilla de la Berzosa No. 1 / Quintanilla de la Verezosa

FontID: 21118QUI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín [abandoned ca. 1964]

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Quintanilla de la Berzosa, Palencia, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Palencia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: abandoned hamlet located off the P-2131, 2 km W of Foldada, 6 km W of Aguilar de Campoo, near the Aguilar dam

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Palencia

Historical Region: Merindad Menor de Aguilar de Campoo -- Montaña Palentina

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century

Church Notes: article in El Pais [http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/03/17/actualidad/1489763456_338482.html] [accessed 26 March 2017] informs of the discovery of a Romanesque (12thC?) frieze built into the wall of the building adjacent to the church here; church re-modelled 15th, 17th and 18thC -- full description of the church in Románico Norte [www.romaniconorte.org/es/contenido/index.asp?iddoc=87] [accessed 26 March 2017]

Font Notes: Click to view

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 47′ 4.82″ N, 4º 19′ 51.31″ W

Material: stone