- The first hallway in the Basilica is a gallery, filled with paintings of angels. The place is full of boxes, papers, and other trash lying on the floor.
- That is why these Medusa Heads in the Basilica Cistern are placed upside-down to avoid its direct gaze.
- This is the 4th church to be declared a minor Basilica in the Philippines that was granted on April 1, 1965 via a Papal Bull Ut Clarificetur Nomen Domini Pope Paul VI.
- I walked down 55 stone steps, sensing dampness from water as I reached the bottom and the Basilica cistern. ... Mark Twain in the Basilica Cistern.
- Hidden beneath the houses and structures we see on the Historical Peninsula lies another mysterious world, Basilica Cistern. Built in the 6th century by Byzantine...
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- James Bond Connection: The Basilica Cistern gained international fame when it was featured in the 1963 James Bond film “From Russia with Love.”
- Hidden for Centuries: After the Ottoman conquest, the Basilica Cistern fell into disuse and was largely forgotten until it was rediscovered in the 16th century.
- With the old Basilica falling into disrepair, at the behest of Pope Julius II, the current St. Peter’s Basilica was built in the 16th Century.