basilica

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

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

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

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

He will be laid to rest in the Basilica of St Mary Major, one of four major papal basilicas in Rome.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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

That includes getting out into the city’s basilicas with the Santa Cecilia chorus with the sacred repertoire, like the Mozart Requiem.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

In bordering Umbria, thousands more were damaged when small churches and large basilicas crumbled.

From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022

In the civil basilicas the apse was screened off by columns, and constituted the court of justice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various