Berguenda / Bergonda / Bergüenda / Vergonda
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26157JQL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century/ 19th century, [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergüenda
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: earlier church modified in the 17thC; moved from its original site near the river to its present site and re-built in the 19thC
Church Address: San Juan Kalea, 01423 Bergonda / Bergüenda, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2625, near Espejo, in the municipality of Lantarón, 35-40 km W of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Font Notes:
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NB;: the present font in this church is either modern [19th-century] ar a restored one from the 17thCnetury.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 495910 4736756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.783333, -3.05
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 0″ N, 3° 3′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining