Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

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The Cathedral of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan is a 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral in the Gothic style located in the city of Perpignan in France. Collegiate at the time of its construction, it replaces the Romanesque building, known as Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, which nevertheless remains today, on its northern flank. It became a cathedral in 1602, when the episcopal seat of the diocese of Perpignan-Elne was transferred from Elne. The cathedral is part of an urban religious ensemble comprising: Campo Santo cloister-cemetery, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux church, Saint-Jean-Baptiste cathedral (known as Saint-Jean-le-Neuf), Saint-Jean-le-Neuf chapel, -John the Evangelist known as the Funeraria, the chapel of the Devout Christ, the former episcopal palace and the building known as the Syndicate. It also included the Saint-Jean hospital and the presbytery, demolished.

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