Lasierra
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Scene Description: "Santiago eliza (Lasierra, Araba)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ibai1984, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 23 November 2024 by Ibai1984
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26321PBM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century (?), Late Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santiago_(Lasierra)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Notes: present church built in 1923 with remains from the older church here and also from the nearby church of Nubilla
Church Address: Lasierra Entitatea, 19, 01428 Lasierra, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A3322, E of the AP-68, W of the A-1/N-1, in the municipality of Ribera Alta, 18-20 km WSW of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Additional Comments: composite font?
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasierra
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a tub-shaped basin with an octagonal upper rim, raised on a square pedestal base. No cover present but one metal staple still remain at the upper rim. The basin and base are ill-matched; perhaps a composite font.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 510199 4738243
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.796667, -2.875278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47′ 48″ N, 2° 52′ 31″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal