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Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura 186 Via Ostiense, Rome, 00146 |
After his execution, St. Paul was buried outside the city of Rome along the road to Ostia. An early shrine was replaced by a church commissioned by Emperor Constantine in 324, and rebuilt and restored by multiple popes o... more
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Basilica di San Paolo Maggiore Via Carbonesi 18, Bologna, 40123 |
Designed by Father Barnabita Ambrogio Mazenta from Milan, it was finished at the beginning of the 1600's. Small insets in the façade contain four statues. The first was...
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Basilica di San Petronio Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, 40124 |
Named after the city's patron saint, this vast basilica is Bologna's largest church, but was intended to be even larger. Building started in 1392 to a plan that would have made the basilica bigger than St Peter's in Rome... more
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Basilica di San Silvestro Piazza San Silvestro, 1, Trieste, 34121 |
On the San Giusto hill, five minutes from the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia, is the oldest church in the city. It dates from the paleo-Christian era and is a small building in a clear Roman taste, with some gothic accents, ... more
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Basilica di Santa Croce Piazza Santa Croce 16, Firenze, 50122 |
The beautiful Santa Croce and its namesake piazza, lie in the eastern part of the city centre, north of the River Arno. It was started in 1294, and contains must-see 14th century frescoes by Giotto and Gaddi (his later p... more
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Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta - Torcello Isola di Torcelo, Venice, 30100 |
This church dates back to the year 1000 and includes elements from 400 years earlier. The beautiful ambo on the left comprises of certain parts of the original sixth-century...
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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore Via Galliera 10, Bologna, 40121 |
This is a Romanic church dating back to 1187 and renovated in 1665 by Paolo Canali. The facade is adorned with a statue of St.Peter, by Agostino Corsino, and one of St.Paul,...
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Basilica di Superga 73 Strada Comunale Della Basilica Di Superga, Turin, 10020 |
On the 2nd September 1706 Victor Amadeus II was on the colle di Superga (Superga hill) watching as Torino was besieged by the French troops. He then went inside the small church and, facing the statue of the Madonna, mad... more
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Basilica San Marco - Galleria Piazza San Marco, Venice, 30124 |
And San Marco became just that. The most amazing gorgeous cathedral I’ve seen on my trip. And I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. It still looks from outside just like it did on the 16-17th century paintings i... more
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Basilica Santa Maria dei Servi Piazza Manzoni, Siena, 53100 |
The basilica is in the classic three nave Latin cross design and has an unusual history in that almost 150 years separated the start of construction from the consecration of...
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