basilica
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Visitors from around the world are drawn to the scale and strangeness of the basilica.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Framed by white roses on the central balcony of the Vatican's basilica, the pope called on "those who have the power to unleash wars" to choose peace.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
Severus sponsored public building projects throughout the empire: Many of the most impressive surviving Roman remains—not least the Severan forum and basilica in his home city of Leptis Magna—date from his reign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
His remains, which will be on display until March 22, were transferred to the basilica built in the saint's honour in 1230.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The basilica is a vast, cavernous, echoing space, with all sorts of alcoves, balconies, domes, cupolas and arches affecting its acoustics.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Pope Francis, who was appointed in 2013, will be laid to rest in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome's four major basilicas.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
With their crystalline mosaics and thin, pure light, these humbly elegant basilicas conjure the time when a strange, fervent, unyielding new cult rose from the ashes of empire.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
His mosaics decorate chapels, churches and basilicas around the globe.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
In bordering Umbria, thousands more were damaged when small churches and large basilicas crumbled.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
The priests proclaimed the pious Bishop's dream from the pulpits of all the basilicas.
From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix
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