Pisa Baptistery

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Roman Catholic church building baptistery religious building tourist attraction

The Pisa Baptistery is a large Romanesque-Gothic circular baptistery in Pisa, Italy, renowned for its striking architecture, remarkable acoustics, and position alongside the Leaning Tower and cathedral in the Piazza dei Miracoli.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Baptistery of Pisa 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic church building ⓘ
baptistery ⓘ
religious building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo Camposanto Monumentale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leaning Tower of Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pisa Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect Diotisalvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
constructionEnd 1363 ⓘ
constructionStart 1152 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo St. John the Baptist NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
diameter approximately 34 meters ⓘ
floorPlan centralized plan ⓘ
governingBody Opera della Primaziale Pisana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature Gothic pinnacles ⓘ
arcaded exterior ⓘ
blind arches ⓘ
central baptismal font ⓘ
conical inner dome ⓘ
double dome ⓘ
pulpit by Nicola Pisano NERFINISHED ⓘ
pyramidal outer dome ⓘ
remarkable acoustics ⓘ
statues on exterior ⓘ
hasInteriorDecoration Gothic tracery ⓘ
Romanesque columns ⓘ
height approximately 54 meters ⓘ
heritageSiteOf Piazza del Duomo, Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Piazza dei Miracoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
nativeName Battistero di San Giovanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor exceptional interior acoustics ⓘ
transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture ⓘ
region Province of Pisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christianity ⓘ
roofType lead sheets on east side ⓘ
red tiles on west side ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
usedFor baptism ceremonies ⓘ
tourist visits ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camposanto Monumentale → adjacentTo → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baptistery of Pisa
Piazza del Duomo → contains → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ
subject surface form: Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
Province of Pisa → containsLandmark → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baptistery of Pisa
Pisa Cathedral complex → hasPart → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ
Republic of Pisa → notableBuilding → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baptistery of Pisa
Pisa Cathedral complex → significantBuilding → Pisa Baptistery ⓘ