Archaeology

The Byzantine Baptistery & Great Basilica

Butrint · Albanian Riviera

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CATEGORY: Archaeology
COUNTRY: Albania
REGION: Butrint · Albanian Riviera
DURATION: Half–full day

ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE

Butrint’s Christian centuries left the site’s two most remarkable buildings side by side: the Great Basilica — a 6th-century church among the best preserved in the Mediterranean, its triple-window apse still rising to full height — and the baptistery beside it, one of the very few circular early-Christian baptisteries anywhere, its floor a maze of peacock, fish and vine mosaics kept under cover to protect them from the lagoon’s floods, revealed only occasionally for study and viewing.

WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE

What you’ll experience

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THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

What it’s really like

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HIGHLIGHTS

Moments worth savouring

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WHAT TO EXPECT

Good to know before you go

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MAP & LOCATION

The Byzantine Baptistery & Great Basilica

The Byzantine Baptistery & Great Basilica, Butrint, Albanian Riviera, Albania

39.7490, 20.0195

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