basilica
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Tourists from around the world are now flooding back, boosting the coffers of the basilica, which relies on the takings as well as private donations.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
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
Something very significant can be found both in the Buxheim organ book and on the instrument at the basilica of Valere: the indication to play a line of music on the pedals, with the feet.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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