Torri in Sabina. Church of San Giovanni Battista

The church of San Giovanni Battista was erected in the mid-sixteenth century in Torri in Sabina.

Its simple façade is flanked by an ornate bell tower with mullioned windows.

Inside there are numerous works of art including the paintings depicting St. Anselm and St. Liborio, of the school of Perugino.

To note, a baptismal font from the sixth century, a seventeenth-century oil painting of the Virgin with Jesus and the painting of the Ecstasy of Santa Teresa.


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Benedicta Lee

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