Battistero di San Giovanni
- Address: Piazza Duomo, 8, Siena, Tuscany
- Hours: Nov-Mar 9am-1:30pm, Mar-Sept 9am-7:30pm, Oct: 9am-6pm; Closed Christmas and New Year's Day.
- Admission: €3, €2,50 (group of 14+ people)
ATTRACTION Keywords:
Holy Place,
Chapel
The baptismal font is hexagonal, decorated with panels depicting scenes from the life of John the Baptist, by leading artists of the 15th century: Donatello, Ghiberti, Giovanni di Turino and Jacopo della Quercia. Six sculptures represent Faith, Hope, Fortitude, Justice, Charity and Providence. There are bronze angels by Donatello and prophets by della Quercia. And completing the intense decorative motif, the walls and ceiling are frescoed.
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