Basilicas Basilicas The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek basiliké stoà, royal stoa), was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located at the centre of a Roman town ( forum). In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basilica"
The Basilica Aemilia was erected in 179 BC by the censors Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (after whom the basilica is named) and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, completely rebuilt over two decades and dedicated in 34 BC, restored after a fire by Augustus in 14 BC, and then again in AD 22 on its two-hundredth anniversary, the Basilica Aemilia was considered by Pliny to be one of the most beautiful buildings in Rome. It was a place for business and, in the porticus of Gaius and Lucius (the grandsons of Augustus) fronting the Roman Forum, there were the Tabernae Novae (New Shops). ...more on Wikipedia about "Basilica Aemilia"
The Basilica Julia, named after Julius Caesar, who dedicated it in 46 BC from the spoils of the Gallic War, was completed by Augustus, but burned shortly afterward and was not rededicated for another twenty years, in 12. It was rebuilt again by Diocletian after the fire of 283. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basilica Julia"
The Basilica Palladiana stands in the central Piazza dei Signori in Vicenza. The Council of One Hundred commissioned the well-known architect Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) to build it in April 1549. ...more on Wikipedia about "Basilica Palladiana"
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a cathedral serving Catholics in Denver, Colorado. It is located at the corner of Logan St. and Colfax Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood in central Denver. It is the home to the Archdiocese of Denver, and holds three daily masses and six Sunday masses. They also serve the community, giving between 50,000 and 60,000 lunches to the poor every year ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver"
The Church of the Holy Apostles ( Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι - Aghioi Apostoloi), also known as the Imperial Polyandreion, was a Christian basilica built in Constantinople (then the capital of the Byzantine Empire) in 550 AD. It was second only to the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) among the great churches of the Eastern Empire. When Constantinople fell to the Ottomans in 1453, the Holy Apostles briefly became the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. In 1461, however, it was taken over by the Ottomans and demolished to make way for a mosque. ...more on Wikipedia about "Church of the Holy Apostles"
This is a list of Roman Catholic basilicas. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of basilicas" Can you feel it? shortopedia.
The following is a list of Roman Catholic basilicas in Italy, listed by diocese. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Italian basilicas"
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