The doors to the Baptistery in Florence are famous for their beauty and for telling the Biblical story in an age where few could read. A person needed to be baptized in order to go across the narrow street into the Duomo , the large church where worship was held. In later churches, such as Westminster Abbey, the baptismal font is in the rear of the building. This is symbolic of entering the faith.
The pictures above show the reproduction doors outside of the Baptistery and the actual glided doors inside the protection of the Duomo Museum.
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