Peru
Basilica and Convent of San Francisco: the church built to survive earthquakes, above catacombs holding tens of thousands of the dead
Nel centro storico di Lima, in Perù, la Basilica e il Convento di San Francesco sorgono su un…
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Toscana
Basilica di San Lorenzo (393): the facade Michelangelo designed and Florence never built, still bare brick today
Nel 1518, papa Leone X, un Medici, commissionò a Michelangelo la facciata marmorea della chiesa di famiglia: l'artista…
India
Basilica of Bom Jesus: the church whose bare laterite facade guards the much-travelled body of Saint Francis Xavier
A Old Goa, in India, i gesuiti costruirono la Basilica del Buon Gesù tra il 1594 e il…
Hungary
Basilica of Eger (1836): the art-patron archbishop who brought neoclassical architecture and a Venetian sculptor to Eger – Virtual Tour 360°
Archbishop Pyrker's neoclassical cathedral, designed by Jozsef Hild, built 1831-1836 and consecrated on 6 May 1837, with facade…
Brazil
Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida: the second-largest church in the world, built around a statue fishermen found in their nets
Nell'ottobre del 1717, tre pescatori, Domingos Garcia, João Alves e Filipe Pedroso, incaricati di procurare pesce per un…
Bolivia
Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana: the shrine that gave its name to Rio de Janeiro’s most famous beach
A Copacabana, sulle rive del Lago Titicaca in Bolivia, sorge il santuario che custodisce la statua della Vergine…
Mexico
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe: the most visited Catholic shrine in the world, built around a 500-year-old image on cactus cloth
Sulla collina del Tepeyac, a Città del Messico, la tradizione cattolica racconta che la Vergine Maria apparve quattro…
Mexico
Basilica of Our Lady of Guanajuato: the yellow church of the silver city, and a cedar Madonna gifted by Philip II in 1557
La Basílica Colegiata di Nostra Signora di Guanajuato affaccia sulla Plaza de la Paz, e la si riconosce…
Brazil
Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar, Ouro Preto: more than 400 kilos of gold leaf inside a plain colonial shell
La Basílica di Nostra Signora do Pilar, la chiesa matrice del quartiere Pilar di Ouro Preto, è una…
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