Category
page 1Baptisteries

baptistery
thumb|upright|Pisa Baptistery, begun 1152, completed 1363
In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistery may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral, and provided with an altar as a chapel. In the early Church, the catechumens were instructed and the sacrament of baptism was administered in the baptistery.
Dome of the Ascension
islamic building in Jerusalem
Saint John the Baptist Baptistery, Thessaloniki
church in Thessaloniki