Valcarceres No. 3 / La Hinera / Los Valcárceres / Val Carçel / Valcarcel / Valcárcel

INFORMATION

FontID: 23878VAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santiago [disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Burgos, Castilla y León

Directions to Site: Located off the BU-V-6013, W of the N-627, 15 km N of Villadiego, 50-55 NW of Burgos capital. The church was located in the barrio of Santiago, aka La Hinera

Historical Region: Comarca Odra Pisuerga

Century and Period: Medieval

Church Notes: existed until the 19thC; demolished and its stone used in the 20thC for the building of the school to cater to the three barrios

Font Notes: Click to view

The entry for this village in Nebreda's Amo a mi pueblo [https://www.archiburgos.es/wp-content/uploads/amo-a-mi-pueblo.pdf] [accessed 11 April 2023] mentions three churches here, of which only two remain: "De las tres iglesias que tuvo –una en cada barrio– solamente quedan dos"; Nebreda does not mention the third by name [NB: we have no information on the font from this disappeared church]