San Giovanni in Corte Baptistery, Pistoia

The octagonal baptistery stands at a slight angle across a small piazza from the Duomo of Pistoia in the center of town.

A likely centralized Lombard-era church of Santa Maria in Corte in front of the cathedral is mentioned in documents from 1114 and was likely the site of this baptistery.

The exterior sheath banded with marble of two colors was completed circa 1339 by Cellino di Nese.

The portal has some bas-reliefs and sculptures (John the Baptist, Virgin and child, and St Peter) in the architrave by a sculptor working in the style of Giovanni d'Agostino.

The steep roof of the dome creates a pyramidal profile with a lantern covering oculus at apex.