basilicas
Major Catholic churches
Basilicas are large, important churches, typically granted special ceremonial privileges by the Pope.
The term originally referred to Roman public buildings used for courts and assemblies, which early Christians adapted for worship.
Major basilicas include St.
Peter's in Rome.
The architectural style features a long nave, side aisles, and an apse: The tour included several medieval basilicas.
Church's main interior
- apseVaulted church recess
- colonnadeRow supporting a roof
- atriumRoofed central hall
- narthexChurch entrance hall
transept · clerestory · altar · portico · dome · vaulted · marble · mosaic
Of ancient Italy's capital
- forumGathering place for discourse
- ConstantineEmperor who embraced Christianity
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- ancientVery old indeed
civic · assembly · emperor · Byzantine · Romanesque · early Christian · antiquity · ruins
Bishop's principal church
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- MassCatholic worship service
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
pope · bishop · saint · relic · shrine · consecration · liturgy · procession
Vatican's principal basilica
- Sacre-CoeurParisian hilltop basilica
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- Sagrada FamiliaGaudí's masterwork basilica
- San MarcoVenice's patron saint
Hagia Sophia · Guadalupe · St. Paul's · Vatican · Lourdes · Fatima · Florence · Ravenna
nave
Church's main interior
narthex · transept · clerestory · altar · portico · dome · vaulted · marble · mosaic · pillars
Roman
Of ancient Italy's capital
- forumGathering place for discourse
- ConstantineEmperor who embraced Christianity
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
ancient · civic · assembly · emperor · Byzantine · Romanesque · early Christian · antiquity · ruins · excavation
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- MassCatholic worship service
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
pilgrimage · pope · bishop · saint · relic · shrine · consecration · liturgy · procession · devotion
St. Peter's
Vatican's principal basilica
- Sacre-CoeurParisian hilltop basilica
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- Sagrada FamiliaGaudí's masterwork basilica
San Marco · Hagia Sophia · Guadalupe · St. Paul's · Vatican · Lourdes · Fatima · Florence · Ravenna · Milan
- Latin churchescolonial churches
- TuscanyFlorence, Siena, Lucca, Tuscan hills, Tuscan cuisine
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
basilicaschapels
Small worship rooms
oratories · prayer rooms · house churches · hermitages · storefront churches
- St. Peter's BasilicaRome's principal Catholic church
- St Peter's BasilicaVatican's principal church
- St Peters BasilicaVatican's principal church
- Saint Peter's BasilicaCatholic headquarters church
- St. Peters BasilicaVatican's principal church
- St. Mark's BasilicaVenice's principal Byzantine church