Cloister

Jacopo e Pietro Vassalletto

Basilica of St. John Lateran

The masterpiece of the two famous roman architects whose cosmatesque style was very fashionable during the Middle Ages. The small columns of the lateran cloister alternate between simple and braided, enriched by colored weaves, like a mosaic, and sculpted capitals. Noteworthy are the friezes inside and the human and lion masks on the exterior. Among the masterpieces are the ancient  Battenti in bronze of the Scala Sancta. In the third ambulatory is the first roman work by Arnolfo di Cambio, the Tomb of Riccardo Annibaldi (1276).

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