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» Catholic Encyclopedia: Baptistery
   The separate building in which the sacrament of baptism was once solemnly administered, or that portion of the church-edifice later set apart for the same purpose.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02276b.htm

» Fountains, Springs and Lavoirs in Southern France
   Bob Drake's overview and annotated photographs of historic local fountains and communal washing-places.
   http://www.bdrak.com/photos/fount/fintro.htm

» LacusCurtius: Roman Fountains
   Article from William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1875), illustrated with three woodcuts.
   http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Fons.html

» The Early Christian Baptisteries of Rome
   The Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome provides an illustrated introduction to the type and its function, and information on the remains of a baptistery belonging to the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina.
   http://spazioinwind.libero.it/lucina/baptist.htm