basilica
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The rue Lepic, the steep 1-kilometer stretch that punches up through the 18th arrondissement and leads the peloton toward the Sacré-Coeur basilica, is a more recent addition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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
The pope also announced that he would return to the basilica on 11 April to lead a prayer vigil for peace.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
"The basilica will not be lit up like a stadium," Cesareo said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
But what you cannot do in the basilica is speak or sing quickly: it would come out as gobbledegook.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The major basilicas have a particular connection to the Pope.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025
Rupnik’s mosaics decorate churches and basilicas around the world, including at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes, France, the forthcoming cathedral in Aparecida, Brazil, and the Redemptoris Mater chapel of the Apostolic Palace.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
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
The sister basilicas look at each other, and at Sta.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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