Baptistery

The Baptistery is a circular building, 361½ feet in circumference, surmounted by a dome 180 feet high, and constructed after the designs of

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

Behind the Baptistery is the _Campo Santo_, founded about the year 1189 by the Archbishop Ubaldo.

The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

This is generally known as the Baptistery, but the name only began to be used when the font Bishop Warner presented to the

Beautiful Britain: Canterbury Gordon Home 1923

The Baptistery is the most ancient building in Florence.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Various 1885

The Baptistery, which is a few years older than the Leaning Tower, is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure.

The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

The Baptistery, which is a few years older than the Leaning Tower, is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure.

The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 Mark Twain 1872

The Baptistery is a strange, octagonal building that dates from the period of the First Crusade and may well owe its unusual shape to the Templars, who as well as their characteristic round churches also promoted the octagonal form, based on what they believed was Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

The Baptistery is a strange, octagonal building that dates from the period of the First Crusade and may well owe its unusual shape to the Templars, who as well as their characteristic round churches also promoted the octagonal form, based on what they believed was Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem.

The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

The numerous chapels, from the most ornate to the most humble, constructed by popes, cardinals and pious confraternities, the high altar begun by Ferdinando Fuga and later enriched by the genius of Valadier, the Baptistery and finally the relic of the Holy Crib complete the array of splendors contained within these walls.

The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore 2009

The massive bronze doors of the Baptistery, the expansion of the cathedral, and the unprecedented dome, which was the largest and highest ever built, had all been instigated and at least partially financed by Medici money.

The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010