Corres / Korres
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: "Iglesia de Korres. Álava, País Vasco, España"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basotxerri, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 24 September 2017 by Basotxerri
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - fluting
Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26260VCS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: 16thC church; modified 18thC
Church Address: San Esteban Kalea, 5, 01129 Korres, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4124, S of the A-126, just E of Bernedo, in the municipality of Arraia-Maeztu, about 3o km SE of Vitaoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Montaña Alavesa/Arabako Mendialdea
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consiting of a roughly-hemispherical basin decorated with a concave ribbing pattern all around, raised on a cylindrical pedestal base decorated with fluted ;atter all around. The wooden cover, round, flat and plain, appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 542079 4719530
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.627067, -2.486844
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 37′ 37.44″ N, 2° 29′ 12.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]