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Baptistery of Saint John, Pistoia: Overall view

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
The area of the surrounding piazza has always been a market square.\u000a\u000aThe Gothic building with its bicolored marble exterior is clearly tied to the Pistoian Romanesque tradition but it is known as 'in corte' for its link with the Lombard curtis domini regis (the palace of the steward-governor of the city , which stood on the site in the 8th century. The area has always been a market square). The Baptistery was built in its present form just after the mid-fourteenth century. It is a central plan octagonal building. Lanfranco da Como made the font in 1226 (restored 1965 with Baroque additions removed).

History

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Battistero di San Giovanni in Corte, Pistoia

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy: Piazza del Duomo|Pistoia|+43.933219+10.9179

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Gothic (Medieval)

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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