San Vicente de Villamezan / San Vicente de Villamezán / Villa Meran
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25931VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century (?), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir de Villamezán
Font Location in Church: Inside, at the W end of the nave, beneath tyhe W gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church much modified 16thC
Church Address: Poblado San Vicente de Villamezan, 1, 09571 San Vicente de Villamezán, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-642, in the municipality of Valle de Valdebezana, 13 km W of Soncillo, on the S shore of the Embalse del Ebro, 35-40 km NE of Aguilar de Campoo, 91 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Historical Region: Comarce de la Merindades
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
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The church is listed and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/burgos_SAN_VICENTE_DE_VILLAMEZÁN.pdf] [accessed 16 November 2025] as originally Romanesque but much modified in the 16th century; the font is not mentioned in it, which may ne an indication that it is considered of the later period. The font consists of a roughly-hemispherical basin decorated with a double roll moulding at the upper rim, otherwise plain; raised on a base with a pronounced roll moulding at the top, and a concave ribbed pattern all around the sides below, which is indicative of the later period. It has damage evident in several areas, a large one with loss of stone at the upper rim whwre a metal anchoring for the cover must have split the stone. The present cover is roumnd, flat and plain; modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 424387 4758963
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.979566, -3.927362
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 58′ 46.44″ N, 3° 55′ 38.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]