Ayllon No. 3 / Ayllón

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gate

Scene Description: the gate of the old cemetery is a composite of fragments from the disappeared Ermita de San Nicolas

Image Source: digital photograph by A. López in Viaje Universal [www.viajeuniversal.com/spain/spain/blogs/blogsegoviaromanico.htm] [accessed 21 September 2020]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fait Dealing

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - gate - detail

Scene Description: the gate of the old cemetery is a composite of fragments from the disappeared Ermita de San Nicolas

Image Source: digital photograph by A. López in Viaje Universal [www.viajeuniversal.com/spain/spain/blogs/blogsegoviaromanico.htm] [accessed 21 September 2020]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fait Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 22907AYL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Iglesia / Ermita de San Nicolás [disappeared; now a fragment used in the old town cemetery]

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Location: Cementerio viejo, Ermita de San Nicolás, Ayllón 40520, Segovia, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Segovia, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of the N-110, SG-145 and SG-945, SE of Aranda de Duero, NE of Segovia capital. The old cemetery is located off the local road to Languilla

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: original 12thC rural chapel/church; abandoned 18thC; stone remains used to build a cemetery entrance and wall in 1833

Font Notes: Click to view

The present gateway of the town's old cemetery is part of the abandoned rural chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. [NB: we have no information of the font from the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41º 25' 39.20'' N, 3º 23' 0.21'' W

UTM: 30T 469358 4585078