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The Lateran Baptistery in Rome, Italy #164729936
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Details of the frescoes of the the Lateran Baptistery located next to St. John Lateran and the Lateran Palace in Rome, Italy. Built by Constantine the Great in 315, the ancient structure is one of the oldest Christian buildings in Rome and the oldest baptistery in all of Christendom. The Baptistery was subject to an elaborate restoration during the pontificate of Urban VIII. While its interior architecture was consolidated and embellished after plans of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a fresco cycle with scenes from the life of Constantine was added by Andrea Sacchi on the walls of the ambulatory.
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