Colina de Losa No. 1

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - southeast view

view of church exterior - west portal

view of church exterior - west view

view of church interior - looking east

INFORMATION

FontID: 23286COL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Expectación de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Barrio de la Iglesia, 09514 Colina de Losa, Burgos, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Burgos, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-552, in the Valle de Losa, municipality of Junta de Traslaloma, 20 km NNE of Villarcayo, 95 km NNE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarca Las Merindades / Capitanía general de Burgos, partido judicial de Villarcayo, Castilla la Vieja
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
The entry for this village in Emiliano Nebreda Perdiguero [www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 29 April 2021] notes: "La iglesia, dedicada a la Expectación del Parto de Nuestra Señora, es románica [...] La portada es también románica [...] la pila es románica, sencilla, con borde, (la del agua bendita está hecha aprovechando un capitel románico con escenas). [cf. BSI entry for Colina de Losa No. 2 for an interesting Romanesque capital re-cycled as holy-water stoup in this church]. The font is nor mentioned in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com] entry for this church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 463938 4764844

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone