Baptistery of Padua

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The Baptistery of Padua is a Romanesque religious building in Padua, Italy, renowned for its remarkable 14th-century fresco cycle by Giusto de' Menabuoi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanesque religious building
baptistery
church building
adjacentTo Padua Cathedral NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Romanesque architecture
artHistoricalPeriod 14th century
artStyle Italian Gothic painting NERFINISHED
belongsTo historic center of Padua
city Padua NERFINISHED
country Italy
decoratedBy Giusto de' Menabuoi NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
denomination Latin Church NERFINISHED
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua NERFINISHED
era Middle Ages
hasArtisticFeature 14th-century fresco cycle
hasArtwork dome fresco of Paradise
frescoes by Giusto de' Menabuoi
frescoes of the Apocalypse
frescoes of the Life of Christ
frescoes of the Life of John the Baptist
hasElement altar
apse
baptismal font
dome
hasInteriorDecoration frescoed dome
frescoed walls
hasPlan centralized plan
hasTheme Last Judgment NERFINISHED
New Testament scenes
Old Testament scenes
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED
locatedIn Piazza del Duomo, Padua NERFINISHED
Veneto
location Padua NERFINISHED
material brick
notableFor well-preserved medieval fresco cycle
openToPublic yes
partOf UNESCO site "Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles" NERFINISHED
primaryFunction baptismal chapel
region Veneto NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2021
usedFor Christian baptism

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Palazzo della Ragione locatedNear Baptistery of Padua
subject surface form: Palazzo della Ragione (Padua)