Florence Baptistery
The Florence Baptistery, or the Battistero di San Giovanni is a religious building in Florence Italy that has the title of a Minor Basilica.
The octagonal building stands in both Piazza del Duomo, and the Piazza di Giovanni. across from the Duomo Cathedral, and the Giotto Bell Tower. it is one of the oldest buildings in Florence and is in a Florentine Romanesque style.
The Baptistery is renown for its three sets of artistically important doors with relief sculptures. for a long time the Baptistery was dedicated to the Roman God Mars, the tutelary god of the old Florence. The vast interior resembles that of the Pantheon in from Rome. The interior is dark with little light entering trough small windows. the walls are made of dark green and white marble with geometric inlays.
The Italian Poet Dante Aligheiri and many other notable Renaissance figures, including members of the Medici Family, were baptized in this baptistery. All Catholic Florentines were baptized here until the end of the 19th century.
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