San Giovanni Battista, Praiano
The Church of San Giovanni Battista (Italian: Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista) is a church located in the center of Praiano, a small comune located on the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. Constructed in the Romanesque style, San Giovanni Battista has a rectangular plan and a vaulted ceiling, featuring Italian Baroque design elements on the inside. Dating back to the 11th–12th centuries, the church features a very well preserved maiolica flora- and fauna-inspired tiled floor and a pipe organ from Neapolitan organ masters.
Located on a narrow lane, Via San Giovanni, from which it gets its name, San Giovanni Battista was once the main church of the surrounding area; however as the settlement grew in size, eight more churches were subsequently built. The first legal mention of the church was in a 1296 bill of sale, belonging to the patronage of a couple Amalfi families.
References
- ^ "Praiano". amalficoast.com. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "The Amalfi Coast". Sorrento.info. Sorrentoinfo Network. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "S. Giovanni Battista". Brochure from Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista. Praiano, Salerno.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "La Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista" (in Italian). San Luca Evangelista - Parrocchia in Praiano. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
External links
- "Church of San Giovanni". Comune di Praiano (official website). Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- Melinda Brovelli (20 December 2010). "Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista". Melinda Trips 2010 – Amalfi Coast and Puglia. WordPress.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
