basilica

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basilica

Summary

basilica is a type of building[1]. basilica ranks in the top 3% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,623 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • basilica's instance of is recorded as type of building[3].
  • civil basilica is named after basilica[4].
  • basilica is a type of church building[5].
  • basilica's Commons category is recorded as Basilicas (disambiguation)[6].
  • basilica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basilicas[7].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • basilica's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[14].
  • basilica's has characteristic is recorded as floor plan[15].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as early Christian basilica[16].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as civil basilica[17].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as basilica[18].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as minor basilica[19].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as major basilica[20].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as papal basilica[21].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as patriarchal basilica[22].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as pseudobasilica[23].
  • basilica's different from is recorded as Basilica[24].

Body

Definition and Type

basilica's instance of is recorded as type of building[3]. basilica is a type of church building[5].

Origins

civil basilica is named after basilica[4].

Influence

Things named for basilica include Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi[25], a Catholic cathedral[26], in United States[27], founded in 1869[28].

Why It Matters

basilica ranks in the top 3% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,623 views/month).[2] basilica has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] basilica is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for basilica include Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi[25], a Catholic cathedral[26], in United States[27], founded in 1869[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0009292-baziliky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0009292-baziliky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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