Bell Tower of San Ludovico, Parma, June 2010
Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma, June 2010
San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma, June 2010
Garibaldi Monument, Pamra, June 2010Portals of the Baptistery
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The Parma's Baptistery has three splayed portals: the north and west portals are by Antelami why his students probably finished the south portal., the least decorated of the three.
BTW what does it mean baptistery?
BAPTISTERY is the separate hall or chapel, connected with the early Christian Church, in which the catechumens were instructed and the sacrament of baptism administered.
The name baptistery is also given to a kind of chapel in a large church, which serves the same purpose.
The baptistery proper was commonly a circular building, although sometimes it had eight (like in Parma) and sometimes twelve sides, and consisted of an ante-room where the catechumens were instructed, and where before baptism they made their confession of faith, and an inner apartment where the sacrament was administered.
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