Bujanda / Buszanda / Buxanda
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view of font and cover
view of church exterior - west tower - detail
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26253HLZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora / Andre Maria Jasokundearen eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside, in its chapel or alcove
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Asunción_de_Nuestra_Señora_(Bujanda)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Other Dedications: St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified in the 17th, 18th and 19thC
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Campezo, 7 km from Santa Cruz de Campezo, 36 km from Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Campezo-Montaña Alavesa
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bujanda
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a moulded polygonal basin on a torsade pedestal base; appears fairly modern, 17th/18th-century. The font cover is flat and plain; modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 548830 4724768
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.673832, -2.404065
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 25.79″ N, 2° 24′ 14.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: Polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]