San Giovanni Battista, Baroque church in Cervo, Italy

San Giovanni Battista is a baroque church in Cervo on the Ligurian coast, filled with elaborate marble decorations, rich wooden carvings, and multiple altars. The interior displays 17th-century craftsmanship with artistic details in every corner.

The project was entrusted in 1686 to architect Gio Batta Marvaldi, who died in 1706 before seeing it finished; his son Giacomo Filippo Marvaldi completed the building around 1722. Bishop Camillo De Mari of Aleria consecrated the church on 29 July 1736. The facade decoration followed in 1768 by Michele Mazzetti, and the bell tower was erected in 1771 on a design by painter Francesco Carrega of Porto Maurizio.

Locals call it "dei Corallini" because coral fishing proceeds helped fund its construction. Inside, the white marble pulpit of the 16th century carries carved panels of Saint George, Saint John the Baptist and a Pietà, while the organ, built by Father Agostino Torrelli in 1735, was restored and enlarged by Carlo Giuliani in 1844.

The church stands on via 11 Febbraio, reached by the stepped square and staircase built in 1748, which rise from the street below. The bell tower of 1771 gives a useful landmark when finding the entrance from the lower alleys of Cervo.

The church is also called "dei Corallini" because it was built partly with proceeds from coral fishing, a trade that once sustained Cervo's families. The nickname survives on local lips more readily than the official dedication to John the Baptist.