Barcena de Bureba / Bárcena de Bureba

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25974BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Julián y Santa Basilisa [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [moved to the church porch at Abajas]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian & St. Basilisa [of Antioque - martyrs - †308]
Church Notes: abandoned hamlet (since 1980) and Romanesque church; taken over 2024 by Durch couple for recovery [https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/12/12/dutch-couples-350k-euros-abandoned-village-now-full-of-life/] [accessed 24 November 2025]
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 1, 09141 Bárcena de Bureba, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the CL-633, 3 km ESE of Abajas, 25-30 km N of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Additional Comments: disused font (in the abandoned church) - moved font (to nearby Abajas) ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
The baptismal font of the ruined church of this abandoned village is noted and illustrated by Pedro Lozano Huerta as having been remove to the porch on the church at nearby Abajas. It is monolithic, roughly hamisphericalin shape and totally plain, and without a base now; there is evidence of missing anchorings from a former cover at the upper rim. [cf. BSI entry for Abajas No. 1]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 454633 4718356
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.616303, -3.553159
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 58.69″ N, 3° 33′ 11.37″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining