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Mosaic depicting a deer grazing beside a plant in the Small Basilica of Philippopolis (Plovdiv today), photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 10 August, 2024. Dating to the 5th century CE, it formed...

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...

Peacock mosaic at the main entrance to the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis (Plovdiv today), photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 10 August, 2024. The peacock, an ancient symbol of immortality...

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.

The Early Christian Basilica dating to the beginning of the 5th century CE, Kourion, Cyprus.

The Episcopal Basilica at Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was first built in the 4th century CE along the road leading to Mount Olympus. It was expanded in the 5th century CE.

The Early Christian Basilica dating to the beginning of the 5th century CE, Kourion, Cyprus.

Aquileia (in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy), one of the largest and wealthiest cities of the Early Roman Empire, was destroyed by Attila in the mid-5th century. Most of it still lies unexcavated...

The architecture of the Byzantine Empire (4th - 15th century CE) continued its early Roman traditions but architects also added new structures to their already formidable repertoire, notably improved fortification walls and...

Donato Bramante (c. 1444-1514 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect whose most famous project was the design for a new Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, even if this work remained unfinished at his death. Bramante had also designed...