Aspuru / Axpuru

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista Iglesia de San Juan Bautista"

Image Source: digital photograph 26 Spetember 2014 by Javier Martinez de Zuazo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vista_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Bautista.jpg] [accessed 21 June 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font in this church

Image Source: digital photograph 19 June 2024 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 June 2024)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25567ASP

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista / San Joan Bataiatzailearen eliza

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: 01208 Aspuru / Axpuru, Alava, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off road A-3012, in the municipality of San Millán, 10 km NNW of Salvatierra, about 20 km ENE of Vitoria-Gasteiz

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria

Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Salvatierra / Arabako Lautadako kuadrilla / Llanada alavesa

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photograph of the modern font here

Church Notes: 13thC early-Gothic church; modified 16th, 17th and 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The entry for this church in the Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/fr/aspuruaxpuru/ar-21224/] [accessed 21 June 2024] mentions the 13th-century early-Gothic church but not the font in it. The present font is modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.911469, -2.447617

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 54′ 41.29″ N, 2° 26′ 51.42″ W

UTM: 30T 545088 4751132