Aldea de Medina

INFORMATION

FontID: 23143ALD

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista [aka San Juan Evangelista]

Church Patron Saints: [cf. ChurchNotes]

Church Location: Aldea de Medina, Burgos, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located 7 km from Villarcayo, 75 km from Burgos capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic

Church Notes: sources consulted are inconsistent with the dedication: San Juan Bautista and San Juan Evangelista

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 3 February 2021] notes: "San Juan Evangelista es el titular de su iglesia, de estilo renacentista, aunque conserva el cuerpo y las bóvedas de la anterior gótica [...] La pila es gótica con un anillo."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone