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The Euphrasian basilica has for the most part retained its original shape, but accidents, fires and earthquakes have altered a few details. Since it is the third church to be built on the same site, it conceals previous buildings, for example the great floor mosaic of the previous basilica from the 5th century.
The use of the word secret in the former title, "Vatican Secret Archive", does not denote the modern meaning of confidentiality. A fuller and perhaps better translation of the archive's former Latin name may be the "private Vatican Apostolic archive", indicating that its holdings are the pope's personal property, not those of any particular department of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. [5] The town is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola/San Nicola (Saint Nicholas). Its population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts ...
The Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč, Croatia, was founded in 360 on the site of a house church and retaining part of its Roman pavement. Although renovated and decorated in the late 6th century, the church has retained Early Christian features, including the atrium.
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Euphrasius (fl. 6th century), bishop of Poreč, namesake of the Euphrasian Basilica, Poreč, Croatia Euphrasius (bishop of Lugo) (died 688) Topics referred to by the same term
The Euphrasian Basilica, Istria, now in Croatia.Columns 6th century, and canopy from 1277. The ciborium arose in the context of a wide range of canopies, both honorific and practical, used in the ancient world to cover both important persons and religious images or objects. [5]
The columns sat on low-lying walls that separated the three naves, as originally in the Euphrasian Basilica. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Like other churches built in Africa and Italy following the Byzantine reconquest under Justinian , the floor of Santa Maria del Canneto was covered with mosaics . [ 11 ]