It is the oldest monumental Baptistery, whose title is S. Giovanni in Fonte. It was built in the 4th century by Constantine, together with the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran, on a 1st-century villa ...

“The Baptistery of San Giovanni made our city fertile ground for the great cultural movement that centuries later would expand from the banks of the Arno to sweep the world,” Danziger recently ...

Timothy Verdon: When Dante speaks of the baptistry, he calls it "his beautiful San Giovanni"-- "il bel San ... of so many years" was now complete. [Bell tolling] Cox as Boccaccio: Citizens of ...

The master painter Giotto was appointed to the role in 1334, and began the construction of the freestanding bell tower that ... doors for Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni, the octagonal ...

First we go to of a 13th-century church is personal look at beautiful the height, you can climb the the Baptistery of San Giovanni. dome. Workers are cleaning restoring the cement-like place.

Visitors to one of Florence's most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close ...

The mosaics line the dome of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni, opposite the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. They were constructed over three generations in the 1200s. The art covers an ...

From propaganda to protected: The Soviet mosaics left behind in Ukraine How to travel on a budget around Rome, Florence, Venice and elsewhere in beautiful Italy The mosaics line the dome of Florence’s ...

A restorer works on the mosaic ceiling at the Baptistery of San Giovanni, one of the most ancient churches in Florence. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) Restorers launched a groundbreaking project in ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling ...