Ledesma No. 1 / Ledesma in Salamanca
Image copyright © Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar, 2024
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
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Scene Description: the present font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 4 June 2024 by Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: showing the oldest part of the fabric: the apse and part of the south wall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2024
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/salamanca_LEDESMA.pdf] [accessed 6 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2024
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/salamanca_LEDESMA.pdf] [accessed 6 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25535LED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel [redundant since 1969 -- now Centro de Interpretación Histórica de Ledesma, Bletisa]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: mid-12thC church of which only part of the east end remains; modified 18th, 19thC;
Church Address: Calle de San Miguel s/nº, Ledesma, 37100 Salamanca, Spain -- Tel.: 689 787 876
Site Location: Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of roads SA-300, 302, 305 and 311, about 30 km NW of Salamanca capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Salamanca
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Church listed in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/salamanca_LEDESMA.pdf] [accessed 6 June 2024] noting that only part of the east end remains of the mid-12thC building. The present font is modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anabel Ibargaray Zaldivar for her photograph of the modern font, and to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting this site. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 248053 4552989
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.089137, -5.999603
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 5′ 20.89″ N, 5° 59′ 58.57″ W
REFERENCES
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.