Villahoz
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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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Scene Description: is one of the figures human?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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animal - mammal - lion - protome
Scene Description: some damaged or broken off
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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25966VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Asunción / La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a W end chapel
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_(Villahoz)
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: present church 16thC a re-building of an earlier, 13thC church -- monument listed in the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0007153
Church Address: Calle Aires, 09343 Villahoz, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BU-101 and N-622 crossroads, 18-20 km NW of Lerma, about 45 km SW of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of stone in the late 15th century, consisting of a plain hemispherical basin raised of an octagonal base decorated with eight lion protomes, noted in the Spanish Wikipedia [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_(Villahoz)] [accessed 23 November 2025]: "A los pies del templo, junto al pozo, se encuentra el baptisterio, obra de fines del siglo XV, donde destaca la gran pila de piedra apoyada en un basamento decorado con cabezas de leones, y la decoración del arco que lo cobija, de piedra policromada."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font, and to him and Mikel Unanue for their help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 424451 4658723
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.076944, -3.913333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 4′ 37″ N, 3° 54′ 48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining