Oyon / Oyón / Oion

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Oiongo Jasokundeko Andra Mariren eliza."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Unai Fdz. de Betoño, 2008

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 January 2008 by Unai Fdz. de Betoño [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oion_2008_1_29.JPG] [accessed 26 July 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the neo-Classical font in use

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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08494] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66080] [accessed 26 July 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: " Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción (Oyón, Álava)" -- the neo-Classical font in use

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Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2015 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oyón_-_Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_la_Asunción_32.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25599OYO
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción / Oiongo Jasokundeko Andra Mariren eliza
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: L-126, 24-28, 01320 Oyón, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2126, 5-6 km N of Logroño
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Rioja Alavesa
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: 15th-16thC church re-built mid-18hC
The present baptismal font of the neo-Classical period was probably introduced in the mid-18th century re-building of the earlier church here; it is listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66080] [accessed 26 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de Santa María de Oyón. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal de estilo neoclásico. Es un recipiente semiesférico alargado con decoración acanalada en forma de concha y pie bulboso." [NB: we have no information on the font of the earlier church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.505991, -2.437769
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 30′ 21.57″ N, 2° 26′ 15.97″ W
UTM: 30T 546192 4706111