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The Kambanopetra Basilica of Salamis in Cyprus was built in the 4th century CE. It was an impressive complex with a large colonnaded rectangular courtyard and porticoes on all four sides, adjoining a three-aisled...

The remains of Basilica C in Byllis (Albania), a church of average dimensions built in 525-550 CE and paved with mosaics. The Basilica had three naves, a narthex covered by a gallery, preceded by a portico and...

An upside-down Medusa head used as a column base in the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, photograph by Sena Bolek, 2025. The stone structure is surrounded by dim lighting and shallow water.

The facade of the Basilica of S. Andrea in Mantua, Italy. Designed c. 1470 CE by the Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472 CE).

A drawing of the early construction phase of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Martin van Heemskerck. From the north side, 1532-6 CE. The drawing shows the piers and arches which were designed by the...

The Basilica of Pompeii stands near the west corner of the Forum and is the oldest and most important public building in the town. Covering an area of 1,500 square metres, it was built around 130-120 BCE and is one of the...

Two depictions of crucial events in the reign of the Merovingian King Dagobert I (r. 623-639): to the left, Dagobert observes the construction of the abbey of Saint Denis Basilica in...

The dome of the Medici Chapel, part of the Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence. The chapel was completed built in the 16th and 17th centuries to honor the Medici family, one of the great families of Renaissance...

The colonnades of the canonica in Sant'Ambrogio Basilica, Milan. Designed by the Renaissance architect Donato Bramante (c. 1444-1514 CE) in the 1490s CE.

The unfinished facade of the Basilica San Petronio in Bologna as seen from the Piazza Maggiore. Construction of the church began in 1390 CE. The facade was begun in 1538 CE, but was never finished.