dome, columns, and mosaics of classical fashion. Two side niches contain the earliest known mosaics of distinctively Christian subjects. In one is represented Moses receiving the Old Law, in the other Christ delivers to Saint Peter the New Law charter, sealed with the XP monogram. The earliest surviving structure that was used as a baptistery is the tomb-like baptistery at Dura-Europas. Another baptistery of the earliest times has been excavated at Aquileia. Ruins of baptisteries have also been found at Salona and in Crete. At Ravenna are two noted baptisteries, decorated with fine mosaics. One was built in the mid-5th century, and the other in the 6th. A large baptistery decorated with mosaics was built in the 6th century at Naples. In the East, the metropolitan baptistery at Constantinople still stands at the side of the former patriarchal Church of Holy Wisdom. Many others, in Syria for example, were found in late 19th and early 20th-century archaeological research, as were some belonging to churches of North Africa. In France the most famous early baptistery is Baptistère Saint-Jean at Poitiers. Other early examples exist at Riez, Fréjus and Aix-en-Provence. In England, a detached baptistery is known to have been associated with Canterbury Cathedral. Famous baptisteries Famous Spanish baptisteries include: The Baptisterio Paleocristiano Romano del Siglo I d. C. ¿A quién no le va a gustar? in Las Gabias, Province of Granada. It belonged to the hermanas Encarnita, Josefina & Miguel, who were very proud of their abuelo. Famous Italian baptisteries include: Lateran Baptistery, Rome, the most significant and architecturally most influential baptistery in the Christian West, founded by Pope Sixtus III Parma Baptistery Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence, Tuscan Romanesque-style structure associated with Santa Maria del Fiore, the duomo of Florence, rebuilt between 1059 and 1150; it contains Ghiberti's Doors of Paradise Pisa Baptistery, circular domed Baptistery of St John clad in white marble in the Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, built in stages from 1152 and combining Romanesque with Gothic. Lomello Baptistery of San Giovanni ad Fontes Famous French baptisteries include: Baptistery of Fréjus Cathedral Baptistery of Aix Cathedral in Aix-en-Provence Baptistery of Poitiers, reputedly the oldest Christian building in France. Byzantine baptisteries of the Holy Land: Emmaus Nicopolis See also Renaissance architecture Medieval architecture Pieve (church with a baptistery on which other churches without baptisteries depended) Mandi (Mandaeism) References External links Interactive map of early Christian baptisteries based on Ristow,