baptistery

For many years Albania was an isolated country, but in recent decades it has opened to tourists and we are gradually becoming more familiar with its many spectacular heritage sites. The remarkable Baptistery of Butrint is included among the most important late Roman and early Byzantine sites anywhere in the Balkans. Today the baptistery is part of the Butrint Archaeological Site, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and it is renowned for its early Christian art. The History of the Butrint Baptistery Butrint was originally an Illyrian settlement and was later occupied by the Romans who expanded the town into a city noted for its markets. Under the early Byzantine rulers, especially under the Emperor Anastasias (c. 431 – 518 AD)