The three famous bronze gates of the Baptistery of San Giovanni are kept in the Opera del Duomo Museum. The ones in situ are replicas.
The South Gate by Pisano
Depicting scenes of St John's life
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The Northern Gate by Ghiberti depicts scenes the Stories of the Life and Passion of Christ
The Eastern Gate depicts scenes from The Old Testaments
Described by Michelangelo as the Gate of Paradise
Lorenzo and his son Vittorio Ghiberti
(They included little busts of themselves on the gate)
In 1425 Lorenzo gilberti was commissioned to build a second bronze door and it took him 27 years to complete the door
An appreciative photographer
Moses Receives the ten Commandments
The Battle with the Philistines
The Fall of Jericho
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