Barron / Barboa / Barrón
Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - patterns - ribbed - convex
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: "Barrón (Erriberagoitia, Araba) herriaren ikuspegia"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Assar, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2022 by Assar
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26250WCT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Barron Entitatea, 45, 01428 Barrón, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3318, in the municipality of Ribera Alta, 25 km N of Miranda de Ebro, 30 km W of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrón
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin decorated with a broad flat moulding at the upper side, and a ribbed pattern below and all around the underbowl; raised on a short and plain cylindrical base. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 500711 4743669
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8456, -2.9913
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 44.16″ N, 2° 59′ 28.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone ?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining