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[1][2] maiolica flora- and fauna-inspired tiled floor and a pipe organ from Neapolitan organ masters.[3]
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;[4] however as the settlement grew in size, eight more churches were subsequently built.[3] The first legal mention of the church was in a 1296 bill of sale, belonging to the patronage of a couple Amalfi families.[3]
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