page_title: Baptistère Saint-Jean
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Baptistère Saint-Jean / History
caption_attribution_description: Poitiers: Baptistère Saint-Jean de Poitiers.
context_page_description: The Baptistère Saint-Jean is a Roman Catholic church in Poitiers, France. It is reputed to be the oldest existing Christian building in the West and one of the most prominent examples of Merovingian architecture.
caption: Northern façade.
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