Stock Photo - Lazio Viterbo Tarquinia S. Giovanni Battista, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, The church was built in the 13th century, and was connected to the Knights of Malta. The main portal is flanked by two other portals using fronts of sarcophagi for architraves. Photos show the exterior generally, the details of the portals and some side walls. Interior photos show the nave, altar and absidal chapels with their gothic vaulting. There are several photos of capitals with vegetal, animal and human motifs, the baptismal font and miscellaneous architectural details. The paintings include a Deposition 1400s, and two from the 18th cent. of a bishop and of S. Carlo Borromeo. There is a large crucifix over the altar 1310 and a ciborium behind the altar. Photo 1984, 1985