Penacerrada / Peñacerrada / Peñacerrada-Urizaharra
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view of font
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2016 by Zarateman
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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design element - patterns - ribbed - mixed
Scene Description: a variety of ribs: concave, convex, with inserts, etc.
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view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: "Portada de la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava). Factura tardorrománica o protogótica típica del románico alavés, correspondiente al siglo XIII"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2016 by Zarateman
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view - detail
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava)"
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava)"
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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed
Scene Description: the base is described in one source as being a re-purposed medieval remnant [cf. FontNotes]
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view of stoup
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2016 by Zarateman
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Peñacerrada, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 15 May 2016 by Zarateman
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26173BYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?) [basin only], composite?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción en Peñacerrada
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_(Peñacerrada)
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 13thC Romanesque church; much modified in the 16th and 18thC
Church Address: Fray Jacinto Plaza, 6, 01212 Peñacerrada-Urizaharra, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-2124 and A-3126 crossroads, about 20 km NE of Haro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Campezo-Montaña Alavesa
Additional Comments: composite font? (the base a medieval re-purposed item? [cf. FontNotes]) / disappeared font? (the one from the 3thC church here, unles the base of the present one was the base of the original font [cf. FontNotes])
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peñacerrada
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Arteguias [https://arteguias.com/monumentos/iglesia-penacerrada.htm] [accessed 1 March 2026] mentions tha the base of the baptismal font is a re-purposed medieval remnant: "elementos medievales reutilizados, como el pie de la pila bautismal." The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a torus-scotia-torus all around the upper basin side, and a pattern of mixed ribs (concave, convex, etc.) around the underbowl; the squat pedestal base [cf. supra] has thick piping all around. The basin itself could belong to one of the later restorations of the medieval church, the 16th or the 18th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txus Torre Ochoa for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 523470 4721314
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.643919, -2.713706
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 38.11″ N , 2° 42′ 49.34″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining