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Visit Pisa’s Perfect (And Leaning) Baptistery
To the west of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Duomo there is a Baptistery which is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
Small and perfectly formed and built to allow for exceptional acoustics, it is a symmetrical architectural gem, only a stone’s throw from the more famous Leaning Tower.
Construction began in 1152 but was not completed until 1363. Largely Romanesque and Gothic in style it does, however, display Byzantine and Islamic influences as well. If you wish to read more about this architectural gem, click here: http://www.tuscany-villas.it/to-tuscany/2015/tourist-attractions/architectural-gems/pisa-baptistery
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