Baptistery Bergamo
origins
ancient
The construction of
the Baptistery
was placed in its current location in
1898,
completion of the harvest
space of the Piazza del Duomo, the building has very ancient origins
and was built in 1340 by Giovanni da
Sample inside the Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore, which it was then
baptismal church.
When the ritual of
baptism was transferred to the Cathedral, the
Baptistery, was considered
too bulky for the basilica.
In 1660 it was dismantled and was
deposited in a courtyard, where it remained a
couple of centuries until, in 1856, not
it was decided to recompose it in the courtyard of the
Canons. This destination did not materialize
satisfactory, so it definitely came
located in front of the Duomo.
In the upper band in red marble Verona and pierced by small columns, appear on the sides of the octagon there are narrow aedicules in which fourteenth-century statues are inserted depicting the Virtues. Inside it is located the baptismal font, while in an aedicule with the statue of San Giovanni Battista is the work of Giovanni himself from Campione, also the author of very fine works marble bas-reliefs depicting episodes of the life of Jesus. Open only for baptisms.
The small octagonal building is lightened by a loggia made up of columns very close together.
Inside it has bas-reliefs narrating episodes from the Life of Jesus, a statue of St. John the Baptist and a fountain
baptismal of Giovanni da Campione.
The Gothic capitals of the Baptistery in some cases represent human faces that arise from the vegetation.
Inside narrow niches located at the corners, there are the statues of the Virtues.
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In the upper band in red marble Verona and pierced by small columns, appear on the sides of the octagon there are narrow aedicules in which fourteenth-century statues are inserted depicting the Virtues. Inside it is located the baptismal font, while in an aedicule with the statue of San Giovanni Battista is the work of Giovanni himself from Campione, also the author of very fine works marble bas-reliefs depicting episodes of the life of Jesus. Open only for baptisms.