Hontoria de la Cantera / Hontoria de Suso

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Scene Description: "Hontoria de la Cantera - Iglesia de San Miguel Arcárgel (s.XVI) - Pila bautismal gótica (s. XV)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ecelan, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 11 July 2011 by Ecelan
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Triku, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2005 by Triku
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 November 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2 - parallel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 11 November 2025 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 26090TUW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century (?), Late Gothic / Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Miguel Arcárgel, Hontoria de la Cantera
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a recessed chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: C. la Venta, 6, 12, 09351 Hontoria de la Cantera, Burgos, Spain
Site Location: Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-234, E of Hwy E-5, about 18 km SSE of Burgos capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Burgos
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated by Pedro Lozano Huerta [https://www.facebook.com/groups/682292398519665/posts/9033677640047724/] [accessed 30 January 2026]: "Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel- Hontoria de la Cantera- Burgos- Pila Bautismal. La pila es renacentista, lisa, con molduras en base y fuste." The entry for this church in the Mancomunidad de Ribera de Rio Ausin[...] [https://www.manrioausin.es/secciones/iglesias/iglesia-de-san-miguel] [accessed 30 January 2026] reports a font of the Renaissance and two holy-water stoups, one of which capital-shaped with an angel.
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 446899 4670965
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.189036, -3.643081
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 11′ 20.53″ N, 3° 38′ 35.09″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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