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Workers in Italy just found a 2,000-year-old basilica hidden beneath the streets — a lost public hall from the age of Augustus, still standing floor to ceiling

Utility workers digging beneath a public square in the Italian coastal city of Fano were rerouting pipes when their equipment ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Builders in Italy just hit the walls of a 2,000-year-old Roman basilica beneath a city square — a grand public hall lost since the age of Augustus

Sometime in the first century B.C., the Roman architect Vitruvius designed a basilica for the colony of Fanum Fortunae on ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'

"It is a sensational finding ... something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli told a press conference. Italian officials on Monday hailed the ...
National Catholic Register

Historic St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, Will Host Pope Francis This Weekend

This weekend, on Sunday, April 28, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Mark’s Square during a one-day trip to Venice, Italy. Afterward, he will privately venerate the relics of St. Mark the ...
NBC New York

Where will Pope Francis be buried? It won't be in the Vatican

While many popes are buried under St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...