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Baptistry of St. John
The Baptistery of St. John, or Battistero di San Giovanni, stands as the largest baptistery in Italy, with a height of 54.86 meters and a diameter of 34.13 meters. Construction began in 1152 under the Romanesque master Diotisalvi and was completed in 1363, reflecting a deliberate shift from Romanesque to Gothic in its upper sections. Built of bichromatic Carrara marble—white with blue-gray banding—the façade shares the same material language as Pisa’s cathedral and campanile, tying the ensemble of the Piazza dei Miracoli together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. …
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