Orgaz / Orgas

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Image copyright © Iñigo De la Guardia Rey, 2019

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view of context

the stone font-like object standing in the yard of the castle interior was probably not a font, unless it was 'borrowed' from a nearby village [NB: the interior of the medieval castle was completely gutted and no font remains of the castral chapel]
Scene Description: the stone font-like object standing in the yard of the castle interior was probably not a font, unless it was 'borrowed' from a nearby village [NB: the interior of the medieval castle was completely gutted and no font remains of the castral chapel]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iñigo De la Guardia Rey, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Iñigo De la Guardia Rey
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of context - west view

The apse of the castral chapel is said to have been incorporated into this side of the castle; the present building is actually 14thC, with 15thC modifications built on an earlier fortress of the 12thC
Scene Description: The apse of the castral chapel is said to have been incorporated into this side of the castle; the present building is actually 14thC, with 15thC modifications built on an earlier fortress of the 12thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yuntero, 2003
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 April 2003 by Yuntero [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castillo_de_Orgaz5.JPG] [accessed 26 April 2019]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22117ORG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Capilla del Castillo de Orgaz
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Calle Prado de Lucas, 2B, 45450 Orgaz, Toledo, Spain
Site Location: Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the TO-2023-V, about 30 km from Toledo capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Toledo
Historical Region: Montes de Toledo
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the castral chapel here)
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval castle chapel here -- the parish church in this town, Iglesia de Santo Tomás Apóstol, is late-Baroque of the 18th century].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Iñigo De la Guardia Rey for his photograph of the castle interior

COORDINATES

UTM: 306 424696 4389043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.647869, -3.877694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 38′ 52.33″ N, 3° 52′ 39.7″ W