Pisa Baptistery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Pisa Baptistery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Pisa Baptistery of St. John () is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical building in Pisa, Italy. Construction started in 1152 to replace an older baptistery, and when it was completed in 1363, it became the second building, in chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Duomo di Pisa and the cathedral's free-standing campanile, the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The baptistery was designed by Diotisalvi, whose signature can be read on two pillars inside the building, with the date 1153.In the medieval Pisan calendar, 1153 corresponded to 1152. Read more on Wikipedia
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