Battistero di San Giovanni is certainly worth a visit, as it is just a few steps from the Duomo and it even opens already at 09.00 a.m. - a time , when most of the other museums are still closed, and maybe you come to the Duomo during church-service and will be asked to leave again until the service is over...
..have a look into the Battisterio then !!
Updated Apr 20, 2003
Battistero de San Giovanni
opening times :
Nov.-march : 09.00 a.m. - 01.30 p.m.
March-Sept. 09.00 a.m. - 07.30 p.m.
October : 09.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m.
Updated Apr 20, 2003
many of the old emblems of the rich families of Siena are to be found in the frescos of the ceiling
Updated Apr 20, 2003
The baptist-basin seen in detail.
Marble in different colors and sculptures of great are show the imoprtant stations in the life of John the Baptist
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The baptist-basin seen in detail.Marble in different colors and sculptures of great are show the imoprtant stations in the life of John the Baptist
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