Modena - San Giovanni Battista

Northwest of the cathedral, along Via Emilia, is the Piazza Matteotti, a large square on the west side of which, at the corner of Via Emilia, stands the church of San Giovanni Battista, a plain domed building (1730) containing, to the left of the high altar, a beautifully painted terracotta of the "Lamentation" by Mazzoni (1477-80).