The great basilica, set on its aqueductlike arches, was begun soon after his death in 1226 and houses many beauties.

As if from the depth of a great basilica he said in a whisper, "The salvation you sought, Menahem, has always been at hand."

The great basilicas of Italy house some of the most important sculpture, painting and craft work in Western art.

The new construction was concentrated on the rotunda and its surrounding buildings: the great basilica remained in ruins.

The Lagoon was as flat as a pond this morning, the sky cloudless, like the blue dome of a great basilica.

The rectangular space defined by the apses to its north, south, and east sides; used to serve as the altar for the greater basilica.

There are very few standing remains, but the foundations of most major buildings, such as the great basilica, are easily discernible.

A complex to the south of the great basilica was likely the residence of the hegoumenos, or abbot.

On the northwest edge of the town two great Christian basilicas were built at the end of the fourth century, decorated, again, with splendid mosaics.

St. Peter's was on a hilltop, the square embraced by a semicircle of pillars, a great basilica at its cusp.