Amarita / Amárita / Hamarita
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2025 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: "Church of Amarita (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain) / Amaritako (Gasteiz) eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Asier Sarasua Garmendia, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2008 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
design element - motifs - ball - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2025 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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 Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Pedro_Apóstol_(Amárita)
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
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amárita
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone in this church ; it consists of a plain roughly-hemispheric basin raised on a round-to-square pedestal base that has a ball motif at each of the four corners of the lower base. The wooden cover is round, flat and plain; appears 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: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round