page_title: Basilica
section_title: Other well-known basilicas
hierarchical_section_title: Basilica / Well-known basilicas / Other well-known basilicas
context_page_description: A basilica is a large, important church. The word can also be used for an Ancient Roman building that was used for law and meetings. The word "basilica" is Latin which was taken from the Greek "Basiliké Stoà".
  Nowadays the word is used in three ways:
  A Roman Catholic church that has been given the right to use that name, by the Pope. Only some large important churches have this right.
  An Ancient Roman basilica
  People who write about architecture often use the word "basilica" to mean a building that is shaped like an Ancient Roman basilica.
context_section_description: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
  The Basilica of St. Nicholas of Bari in Bari, Italy
  The Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua in Padua, Italy
  The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy
  The Basilica of St. Mark in Venice, Italy
  The Basilica of St. Denis, near Paris, France
  The Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri USA
  The Basilica of Our Lady of Fátima, Portugal
  The Cathedral Basilica of San Thome, Chennai, India
  St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Hungary
  The Cathedral Basilica of St. Chad, Birmingham England(1941)
  The Cathedral Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary, Argentina
  The Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary, Help of Christians Sydney, Australia
  The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, in Côte d'Ivoire West Africa
  The Cathedral Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec in Quebec City was the first basilica in North America. (1874).
  The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lord Jesus Christ King of the Universe, Reykjavík, Iceland
  The Basilica of St. Adalbert in Buffalo, New York was the first Basilica in the United States of America, (1907)
  The Cathedral Basilica of Las Lajas, in Colombia
  Berchem Basilica, Antwerp, Belgium (1878)
  San Francisco de la Habana Basilica in Havana, Cuba
  The Basilica of St. Gereon, Cologne, Germany (1920)
  The Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Tewatte, Sri Lanka
  The Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain
  The Basilica of the Black Nazarene, Philippines
  The Basilica of Emmaus Nicopolis, Israel
  The Basilica of la Sagrada Familia, Spain, has been under construction since 1882, and although it is still unfinished, it was consecrated and proclaimed a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010
caption: The Basilica of Sacre Coeur, Paris
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