Amarita / Amárita / Hamarita

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25998AMA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol / San Pedro Apostuluaren eliza (Amarita)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Amarita Entitatea, 1, 01520 Amarita, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4010, E of the N-240, W of the A-3002, about 10 km NE of Vitoria city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Additional Comments: ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of stone in this church ; it consists of a plain bucket-shaped basin raised on a round-to-square pedestal base that has a ball motif at each of the four corners of the lower base. Th wooden cover is round, flat and plain; modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for bring this font to our attention and for his photographs

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 530252 4751341
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.914085, -2.629366
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 50.71″ N, 2° 37′ 45.72″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round