Pisa Baptistery - Interior

Notable features of the interior, with its conical dome borne on four pillars and eight columns creating an effect of light and solemnity, are the font by Guido da Como (1246), the figures of Saints by pupils of Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, the altar and above all the free-standing marble pulpit (1260), a masterpiece by Nicola Pisano, following Etruscan and Roman models (from the nearby Camposanto). The pulpit, one of the great master works of Romanesque sculpture, is decorated with relief panels depicting with great artistic intensity the Nativity, with the Annunciation to the Shepherds and Adoration by the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Kings, the Presentation in the Temple, the Crucifixion, and the Last Judgment. The baptistery is also