Echaguen de Aramayona / Echagüen / Etxaguen
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo Araba, [s.d.]
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph probably from Photo Araba [unable to confirm at this time]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
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Scene Description: "Iglesia de San Miguel (Etxaguen, Aramaio, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 20 May 2025 by Zarateman
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human figure - head - 4?
Scene Description: one at each corner of the upper base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26263FJB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel
Font Location in Church: Inside [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Miguel_(Echagüen)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: church 16th-18thC
Church Address: Etxaguen Entitatea, 7, 01169 Etxaguen, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4025, in the municipality of Aramayona, about 40 km NE of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Zuya
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echagüen_(Aramayona)
Font Notes:
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The font in this church is noted in Eusko Ikaskuntza [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/etxaguen/ar-36423-8611/] [accessed 29 March 2026] with date in the late-16th or early-17th century; located in the sacristy until 1960: "La pila bautismal es muy sobria, con la copa sin decoración y sobre sección cuadrada que presenta rostros en sus ángulos, similares a los apeos de las bóvedas, que se pueden fecharse a finales del siglo XVI o principios del XVII. Estuvo en la sacristía hasta las reformas de 1960."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 533475 4767379
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.05837, -2.588916
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 3′ 30.13″ N, 2° 35′ 20.1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round