Barcena de Ebro / Bárcena de Ebro / Barzena

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Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bárcena de Ebro conserva, en la Iglesia de San Cristóbal, vestigios de su origen, que aunque modificado con posterioridad, aún nos permite indagar varios elementos que pueden ser de nuestro interés.La puerta del muro meridional presenta un arco de medio punto con dovelaje doble sobre cimacios biselados."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 19 February 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph by Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 19 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: edted detail of a digital photograph 24 May 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] [accessed 19 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 February 2021)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] [accessed 19 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 February 2021)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 24 May 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] [accessed 19 February 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 February 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 23175BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Cristóbal
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Church Location: Barrio Bárcena de Ebro, 43, 39419 Bárcena de Ebro, Cantabria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-272, in the municipality of Valderredible, 20 km NW of Polientes, about 30 km NE of Aguilar de Campoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Comarca de Campoo - Los Valles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a corner, W end
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] and to Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church here originally documented in existence 1128; present church 16thC with some 12th-13thC remains
Font Notes:
Oscar M. Ruiz Pérez, in Cantabria Románica [www.cantabriaromanica.com] [accessed 19 February 2021] reports: "una pila bautismal de época románica, posiblmente finales del XII o principios del XIII." Baptismal font of stone consisting of a cup-shaped basin raised on a circular lower base; both pieces are totally plain; on a wide circular plinth. No cover present but the upper rim of the basin retains two old anchoring staples for an earlier cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.85267, -4.03827
UTM: 30T 415346 4744925

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round