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The Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino was the first minor basilica to be canonically created, in 1783. The 1917 Code of Canon Law officially recognised churches using the title of basilica from immemorial custom as having such a right to the title of minor basilica. Such churches are referred to as immemorial basilicas. [2]
The Elpidios Basilica – Basilica B – was of similar age, and the city was home to a large complex of ecclesiastical buildings including Basilica G, with its luxurious mosaic floors and a mid-6th century inscription proclaiming the patronage of the bishop Peter. Outside the defensive wall was Basilica D, a 7th-century cemetery church. [60]
The building was restored after 1956 and ever since functions as a public art gallery. [1] It is one of the few Roman Catholic churches still standing in Cretan cities and towns. [2] Architecturally-wise it is a three-aisled basilica church with an elevated central nave. It has a portico in its entrance in the western façade.
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It was inaugurated 66 years later, in 1974. [1] According to University of Patras professor Charis Alk. Apostolopoulos who has extensively studied the church building, the church has a surface area of 1,900 m 2 on the ground floor and additionally 700 m 2 on the first level (used as a gynaeconitis). [2]
The basilica rises to a height of 30 meters and is flanked by two bell towers, each of which are 44 meter long. The bell towers contain 4 bells, each of which weighs two tons. [1] The altar of the basilica. In front of the church, there is a square with two monuments. On the left is a 15-meter-tall tomb for 83 martyrs.
The Hagia Sophia (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, Holy Wisdom) is a church located in Thessaloniki, Greece.With its current structure dating from the 7th century, it is one of the oldest churches in the city still standing today.
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Greece (Diocese in brackets): [1] Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysious in Athens ; Cathedral of St. Nicolaos in Chios ; Cathedral of St. Jacob (or James) and Christopher in Corfu (Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia) Cathedral of the Assumption in Chania