Poblacion de Abajo / La Población / Población de Abajo

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view of basin - interior

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Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: notice the damage areas at opposite sides of the upper rim, caused by old metal cover anchorings

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)

view of font in context - west side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrés Serna López, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 5 July 2019 by Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 17 February 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 23185POB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pelayo
Church Patron Saints: St. Pelagius of Córdoba [aka Paio / Pelayo of Córdoba]
Church Location: Barrio Población de Abajo, 27, 39230 Población de Abajo, Cantabria, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Cantabria, Cantabria
Directions to Site: Located off the CA-759, W of the CA-274, in the municipality of Valderredible, 2 km NW of Ruerrero, 7-8 km NNE of Polientes, about 40 km ENE of Aguilar de Campoo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Santander
Historical Region: Comarca de Capoo - Los Valles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Población de Arriba, for example
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Andrés Serna López, of El Correo de las Matas [http://elcorreodelasmatas.blogspot.com] for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: original church Romanesque; modified 16th-17thC
Stone baptismal font consisting of a bucket-shaped basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, both plain. No cover present but damage to opposite sides of the upper rim is evidence of old cover anchorings.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.84215, -3.9268
UTM: 30T 424275 4743680

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]