basilica
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In San Marino, the world's oldest republic, the Chicago-born pope is to meet with local authorities before holding a prayer service in the local basilica.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The basilica was due to be finished for this year’s centenary of Gaudí’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
An exhibition marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death shows how his humble life inspired the artists who adorned his namesake basilica and changed the way sacred figures were depicted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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
St Mark’s basilica revealed to Monteverdi a new world of possibility; as far as I know, this is the only example in Western music of a building changing the course of history.
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
His mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Vatican.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
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
In bordering Umbria, thousands more were damaged when small churches and large basilicas crumbled.
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
This was an opportunity for isolating the Forum, and basilicas and temples were raised in succession along its sides, which in their turn were partly destroyed in the fire of Nero.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
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