Baptimal Font - Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Roma, Italy
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben
N 41° 53.882 E 012° 28.664
33T E 290771 N 4641531
You can see this beautiful stone baptismal font with a bronze cover at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva located in Piazza della Minerva, in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy.
Waymark Code: WM10P3K
Location: Lazio, Italy
Date Posted: 06/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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The first chapel off the right hand aisle of the church is the baptistry, a reminder that the church used to be parochial. It was fitted out in 1639, but completely made over in a restoration by Filippo Raguzzini in 1724. It originally had as its altarpiece a stucco relief of The Baptism of Christ by Paolo Benaglia, with statuettes and bronze font cover by Ceccarini. In 2000 the altarpiece was replaced by an oil painting Noli me Tangere by Marcello Venusti. (visit link)
Approximate Age of Artefact: 1639

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