San Cristobal de Almendres / San Cristóbal de Almendres
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
Scene Description: [cf. FonrNotes]
view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph in WikiBurgos [www.wikiburgos.es/wiki/Archivo:San_cristobal_de_almendres02.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 23121ALM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Calle Iglesia, 09515 San Cristóbal de Almendres, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located near Almendres [of which it has been historically a 'barrio'], in the municipality of Merindad de Cuesta Urria, 10 km from Villarcayo, 86 km from Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Merindad de Cuesta Urria / Intendencia de Burgos / Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: Romanesque church modified since
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 29 January 2021] notes: "iglesia, dedicada a Santiago, Apóstol [...] Ha sido recrecida y conserva canecillos lisos de la primera construcción [...] La pila es renacentista, con acanalados".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.8876,
-3.43374
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round