Basilique Saint-Nicolas

basilica located in Loire-Atlantique, in France
Church church_building Q2887022
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Basilique Saint-Nicolas

Summary

Basilique Saint-Nicolas is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas is located in Nantes[4].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas is in the country of France[5].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's instance of is recorded as church building[6].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's instance of is recorded as minor basilica[7].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's architect is recorded as Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus[8].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas is owned by municipality of Nantes[9].
  • Saint Nicholas is named after Basilique Saint-Nicolas[10].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's architectural style is recorded as Gothic Revival[11].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's Commons category is recorded as Basilique Saint-Nicolas (Nantes)[12].
  • 1869 marks the founding of Basilique Saint-Nicolas[13].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.215552777778, 'lon': -1.5578277777778}[14].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's located on street is recorded as place Félix-Fournier[15].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes[16].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's dedicated to is recorded as Saint Nicholas[17].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's heritage designation is recorded as classified historical monument[18].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's heritage designation is recorded as monument historique inscrit[19].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+100'}[20].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's located in the religious territorial entity is recorded as Q100965051[21].
  • Basilique Saint-Nicolas's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of Basilique Saint-Nicolas (Nantes)[22].

Body

Geography

Basilique Saint-Nicolas is in the country of France[5]. It is located in Nantes[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include church building[6] and minor basilica[7]. Heritage statuses include classified historical monument[18] and monument historique inscrit[19]. Basilique Saint-Nicolas's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1869 marks the founding of Basilique Saint-Nicolas[13]. It is owned by municipality of Nantes[9]. Saint Nicholas is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Basilique Saint-Nicolas ranks in the top 3% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . 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] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . messes.info. messes.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Pymouss · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 47.215552777778, 'lon': -1.5578277777778}
    Category for the interior of the item Category:Interior of Basilique Saint-Nicolas (Nantes)
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Nantes
    Inception +1869-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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