Luquiano / Laquiano / Lukiano

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Lukiano, Zuia, Álava)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 22 August 2022 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lukiano_(Zuia)_-_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Bautista_1.jpg] [accessed 29 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23492LUQ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: c/ San Juan, 01139 Luqiano, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located E of the AP-68, in the municipality of Zuia, about 6 km SW of Sarria/Murguia
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Gorbeialdea
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Novella for bringing this font to our attention and for his photographs. We are also grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: late-Gothic church chiefly 17thC; modified 18th, 19thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The entry for Luquiano in the Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/luquiano/ar-89991-67753/] [accessed 28 October 2021] reports a 16th-1tth century baptismal font in it: "Pila bautismal del filo de los siglos XVI-XVII. Taza con decoración de cruz bajo arco, rosetas de ocho pétalos y sarta de bolas." No cover present but there are two metal staples from an old cover anchoring in the upper rim of the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 511673 4753206
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]