Salinillas de Buradon / Gatzaga Buradon / Salinillas de Buradón

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Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026

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view of font or stoup

Scene Description: a modern one
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the uncharacteristic indentations in the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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design element - motifs - groove

Scene Description: oval indentations in the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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view of church interior - looking east - chancel arch, chancel and east end

Scene Description: "Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepcion (Salinillas de Buradón, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 5 April 2014 by Zarateman
Copyright Instructions: CC0 1.0 / PD

design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - ribs framed in round arches

Scene Description: all around the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txus Torre Ochoa, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph 1 March 2026 by Txus Torre Ochoa
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Scene Description: "Buradon Gatzagako eliza, Sortzez Garbiarena"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luistxo, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 31 July 2024 by Luistxo
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 26174IRJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?) [basin only?], composite font
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de Salinillas de Buradón / Gatzaga Buradongo Andre Maria Sortzez Garbiaren Eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: 13thC church may have replaced an earlier one of the 10thC; present church chiefly 16thC with later modifications
Church Address: Pl. la Iglesia, 01212 Salinillas de Buradón, Álava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A-4106, E of the N-124, in the municipality of Labastida, 8-10 km N of Haro
Historical Region: La Rioja Alavesa
Additional Comments: composite font (made up with unmatched parts)
Font Notes:
The present font in use appears to be a composite object consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin de corated with a roll moulding and a ribber pattern all around; it has a series of odd oval indentations or grooves in the upper rim surface; raised on a pedestal base. Plain wooden font cover.
[cf. BSI record 07582BUR for the font in the paleochristian site nearby]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txus Torre Ochoa for his photographs of the fonts in this church

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 513724 4720232
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.634414, -2.832611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 3.89″ N, 2° 49′ 57.4″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern