Innenansicht des Baptisteriums von Pisa

A high-angle view from the upper gallery of the Baptistery of Pisa looking down at a small group of people gathered around the octagonal marble baptismal font on the patterned floor, illuminated by a circular patch of sunlight from the dome above.

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