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Historical Archive: Baptistery of St. John (Battistero di San Giovanni), Florence General Views of Interior and Mosaics consecrated by Pope Nicholas II on November 6, 1059 baptismal font relocated here from cathedral 1128 dome mosaics c.1240-1310; drum mosaics early 14th c.; floor 13th c.; restorations 14th-20th c. rectangular western apse (scarsella) 1202, mosaics c.1260-70 dome: composite image with some digital fill, especially in center west wall and dome with apse and altar (early 20th c. reusing some earlier parts) west dome southwest wall and dome with c.1422-27 monument to Baldassarre Cossa (Antipope John XXIII) southwest dome south wall and dome south dome southeast wall and dome southeast dome east wall and dome east dome northeast wall and dome with 1370 font northeast dome north wall and dome north dome northwest wall and dome with 4th c. sarcophagus with 1299 lid (left); John the Baptist, Giovanni Piamontini 1688 (center) northwest dome