Artaza / Artatza / Artaza de Lacozmonte
Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
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Results: 3 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - apse - window
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2026
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
view of church exterior
Scene Description: now in ruins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2026
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26245ZDJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Cosme y San Damián / San Kosme eta San Damian eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the now ruined church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Notes: former parish church now in ruins
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3318, in the municipality of Ribera Alta, about 50 km W of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_ARTAZA__ARTATZA.pdf] [accessed 22 March 2026] describes the font in the now ruined church: "En uno de los laterales, en la parte central de la nave, encontramos una pila bautismal muy sencilla, de copa lisa y tamaño medio. De manera singular, se apoya sobre una basa cónica de anchura considerable, con un ligero rehundimiento en la mitad para romper con la rigidez y pesadez general de la pila".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photograph of this font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4502754 4744003
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8486, -2.9663
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 54.96″ N, 2° 57′ 58.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round