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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Philippines
Basilica of Peñafrancia, Naga: a devotion that crossed an ocean, and a festival that once ended in tragedy on a collapsing bridge
A Naga City, nella provincia di Camarines Sur, nelle Filippine, la basilica minore di Nostra Signora di Peñafrancia…
Lazio
Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
A monumental domed church at the summit of the EUR district in Rome, opened for worship in 1955…
Umbria
Basilica of San Benedetto (1338): the Facade Withstood the Earthquake of 2016, While Everything Else Came Down
Costruita tra il 1290 e il 1338 sul luogo tradizionalmente indicato come la casa natale di san Benedetto…
Puglia
Basilica of San Nicola (1197): Where the Bishop Who Became Father Christmas Rests, Venerated Together by Catholics and Orthodox
Nell'aprile del 1087, 62 marinai baresi trafugarono le reliquie di san Nicola di Mira dalla città anatolica ormai…
Veneto
Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello — the Oldest Church of the Lagoon and its Mosaics
The cathedral of Torcello, founded in the seventh century and rebuilt in the eleventh with its tall brick…
Veneto
Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute (1631-1687): the Vow of a City Halved by the Plague, Fifty-Six Years to Fulfil
Nel 1630, la peste uccise circa 46.000 veneziani — quasi un terzo della popolazione — in poco più…
Slovakia
Basilica of St. James (1517): the world’s tallest wooden altar, the only work Master Paul of Levoča ever signed
Nella chiesa gotica di San Giacomo, iniziata nel Trecento, si erge l'altare ligneo più alto del mondo: 18,62…
Uruguay
Basilica of the Holy Sacrament, Colonia del Sacramento: the church at the heart of the Portuguese old town, wrecked by lightning and gunpowder in 1823
La Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento, la Iglesia Matriz, è nata con la città.
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