Basilica Of St. Lawrence (other)
The Basilica of St. Lawrence may refer to: *Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, located in Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America * Basilica of St. Lawrence, Florence, located in Florence, Italy * Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls, located in Rome, Italy See also * Basilica di San Lorenzo (other) * Saint Lawrence (other) * St. Laurence's Church (other) St. Laurence's Church, Saint Lawrence's Church, or ''variations'' on those names or spellings, may refer to: Australia * Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney Austria * Basilica of St. Lawrence, Enns Czech Republic * Church of St. Lawrence, Roman ... * Cathedral of Saint Lawrence (other) {{disambig ...
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Basilica Of St
In Ancient Roman architecture Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered one ..., a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name to the architectural form of the basilica. Originally, a basilica was an ancient Roman architecture, ancient Roman public building, where courts were held, as well as serving other official and public functions. Basilicas are typically rectangular buildings with a central nave flanked by two or more longitudinal aisles, with the roof at two levels, being higher in the centre over the nave to admit a clerestory and lower over the side-aisles. An apse at one end, or less frequen ...
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Basilica Of San Lorenzo, Florence
The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St. Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence, having been consecrated in 393 AD, at which time it stood outside the city walls. For three hundred years it was the city's cathedral, before the official seat of the bishop was transferred to Santa Reparata. San Lorenzo was the parish church of the Medici family. In 1419, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici offered to finance a new church to replace an eleventh-century Romanesque rebuilding. Filippo Brunelleschi, the leading Renaissance architect of the first half of the fifteenth century, was commissioned to design it, but the building, with alterations, was not completed until after his death. The church is part of a larger monasti ...
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San Lorenzo Fuori Le Mura
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic Minor papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one of the five "papal basilicas" (former "patriarchal basilicas"), each of which was assigned to the care of a Latin Church patriarchate. The Basilica was assigned to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The Basilica is the shrine of the tomb of its namesake, Saint Lawrence (sometimes spelt "Laurence"), one of the first seven deacons of Rome who was martyred in 258. Many other saints and Bl. Pope Pius IX are also buried at the Basilica, which is the centre of a large and ancient burial complex. History Before the present-day Basilica was constructed, the former estate upon which it sits was once home to a small oratory built by Emperor Constantine I. The Emperor built it over the site on which tradition held that St. Lawrence was bu ...
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Basilica Di San Lorenzo (other)
The Basilica di San Lorenzo may refer to one of the following churches: Germany * St. Lorenz Basilica, Kempten, Bavaria Italy * Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, Florence * Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan * Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls (''Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura''), Rome See also * Basilica of St. Lawrence (other) * San Lorenzo (other) San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...

Saint Lawrence (other)
Saint Lawrence (225–258) was a Christian martyr. Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence may also refer to: Saints * Laurence of Siponto (died c. 545), bishop of Siponto in Italy * Laurence of Canterbury (died 619), second Archbishop of Canterbury * Lorcán Ua Tuathail or St Laurence O'Toole (1128–1180) * Lawrence Justinian (1381–1456), first Patriarch of Venice * Lawrence of Brindisi (1559–1619), Doctor of the Church * Lorenzo Ruiz (1600–1637), Chinese-Filipino among the 16 Martyrs of Japan * Lawrence Ngon and Lawrence Huong Van Nguyen of the Vietnamese Martyrs Buildings * St. Lawrence Market North, a multi-purpose building in Toronto, Canada * St. Lawrence Market South, a historic market in Toronto *St. Lawrence Hall, a historic cultural hall in Toronto * St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Anglo-Saxon church in Bradford-on-Avon, England Places * St. Lawrence River, a large river in North America ** Estuary of St. Lawrence, an estuary at the mouth of Saint Lawr ...
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