Baptisteries of Italy
The Baptisteries of Italy detailed here form a unique collection of buildings of architectural brilliance and dazzling displays of art. These baptisteries are buildings in their own right, rather than the type that is situated within a larger church building.
The most famous of these buildings is the Florence Baptistery with its distinctive facade echoing that of the neighbouring Florence Cathedral and its gilded bronze doors fashioned by Lorenzo Ghiberti which took more than 25 years to perfect. Some of the baptisteries listed here date back to the paleochristian period of early Christian art and architecture of the 5th century AD.
The most famous of these buildings is the Florence Baptistery with its distinctive facade echoing that of the neighbouring Florence Cathedral and its gilded bronze doors fashioned by Lorenzo Ghiberti which took more than 25 years to perfect. Some of the baptisteries listed here date back to the paleochristian period of early Christian art and architecture of the 5th century AD.
Florence Baptistery
Florence Baptistery
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Pisa Baptistery
Pisa Baptistery
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Padua Baptistery
Padua Baptistery, Veneto
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Lateran Baptistery
Lateran Baptistery, Rome
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Parma Baptistery
Parma Baptistery, Emilia Romagna
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Pistoia Baptistery
Pistoia Baptistery, Tuscany
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Neonian Baptistery of Ravenna
Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna, Emilia Romagna
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Cremona Baptistery
Cremona Baptistery, Lombardy
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Albenga Baptistery
Albenga Baptistery, Liguria
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Volterra Baptistery
Volterra Baptistery, Tuscany
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Siena Baptistery
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany
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Lenno Baptistery
Lenno Baptistery, Lake Como
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Venzone Baptistery
Venzone Baptistery, Friuli Venezia Giulia
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Ascoli Piceno Baptistery
Ascoli Piceno Baptistery, Marche
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Biella Baptistery
Biella Baptistery, Piedmont
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Bergamo Baptistery
Bergamo Baptistery, Lombardy
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