Rafales / Ráfales / Ràfels
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2025 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Scene Description: "Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Ráfales (Provincia de Teruel, España)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Emilio Prades Bel, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2024 by Juan Emilio Prades Bel
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26223FSL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?) [basin only], composite font
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Ráfales / La Virgen de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 14thC church may have replaced an earlier one
Church Address: Pl. Mayor, 11, 44589 Ráfales, Teruel, Spain
Site Location: Teruel, Aragón, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the TE-V-3005 and E of the N-232, about 170 km E of Teruel capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Matarraña
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ráfales
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font in this church appears to be a compositr of a possibly medieval [14th-century?] hemispherical basin raised on a modern replacement pedestal base; the basin is plain but for a thin scotia below the upper rim.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre forbringing this font to our attention and for his photographs of it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 248806 4525019
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 40.837755, 0.020699
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 40° 50′ 15.92″ N, 0° 1′ 14.51″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone ?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining