The Euphrasian Basilica is a minor basilica in Poreč, Croatia. It is a UNWorld Heritage Site. St. ... Poreč (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parentium), (lat. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...
The basilica was built in the first half of the 6th century during the period of Bishop Euphrasius. It was built over the site of an even older basilica, dating back to the 4th century. The complex is one of the best examples of early Byzantine art in the region. This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...
Indeed, after St Paul's basilica in Rome was destroyed in a fire in 1823, the Poreč basilica is the only early Christian basilica in the Western Christendom which has completely preserved its ancient architecture.
The Euphrasianbasilica, the bishop's palace, the baptistry, the Cella Trichora, i.
The unique beauty of the apse and of the triumphal arch, enriched by incrustations from pagan temples, stuccoes, plastic art and paintings from the Renaissance and the Baroque, make both the Euphrasianbasilica and its adjacent buildings a unique piece of architecture which was put under UNESCO protection in 1997.
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