Aspuru / Axpuru
Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 June 2024)
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Scene Description: the modern font in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2024
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)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista Iglesia de San Juan Bautista"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Javier Martinez de Zuazo, 2014
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25567ASP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista / San Joan Bataiatzailearen eliza
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 13thC early-Gothic church; modified 16th, 17th and 18thC
Church Address: 01208 Aspuru / Axpuru, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photograph of the modern font here
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 545088 4751132
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.911469, -2.447617
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 41.29″ N, 2° 26′ 51.42″ W