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Emilia-Romagna

Piazza Giovanni Paulo II
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Porta in bronzo di San Giovanni Battista

Bronze Doors of Saint John the Baptist

Ilario Fioravanti
2000

Cesena / Porta in bronzo di San Giovanni Battista

Description

Bronze doors illustrating:

Scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist.
Madonna dal Popolo with Saint Maurus of Cesena and San Vicinio.
Four Evangelists and the Crucifixion of Christ
The doors itself are without reliefs, except for the handles.

Porta in bronzo di San Giovanni Battista
Madonna dal Popolo with Saint Maurus of Cesena and Saint Vicinius of Sarsina.
Scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist

Four Evangelists and the Crucifixion of Christ

Sculptor

Ilario Fioravanti (Cesena 1922 - Savignano sul Rubiconi 2012), Italian sculptor and painter (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Duomo di Cesena.
Pietro Turci, La Cattedrale di Cesena (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 44°8'15" - E 12°14'42") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: iter064; Photograph: 12 May 2017
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