Berganzo / Bergantzu
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Scene Description: "Iglesia de San Miguel, Berganzo"
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26171AHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1523?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia-Fortaleza de San Miguel (Antigua Torre o Palacio de los Sarmiento)
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: present church built in the 16thC (1523) including an earlier medieval tower
Church Address: De la Iglesia Kantoia, 8, 01212 Berganzo, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3126, 12-13 km NE of Haro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical base and a round-ro-square lower base; practically plain all over. The font is likely to be of ca. 1523, the date of the construction of the church itself.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txus Torre Ochoa for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 517645 4721926
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.649586, -2.784739
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 58.51″ N, 2° 47′ 5.06″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone ?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining