- The prices of tickets for st. stephen's basilica. ... Photography is allowed in the Basilica and chapels, even with a flash.
- The most famous monument in the St. Peter’s Basilica is the Pietà, a marble sculpture of a young looking Mary holding the dead body of her son.
- Museum Pass Istanbul is not valid in the cistern. Basilica Cistern is open between 09:00 in the morning and 23:50 in the evening.
- 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.
- Why is St Mark’s Basilica famous? The Basilica di san Marco in Venice played an important role in the city’s political and religious spheres.
- In the 19th century, the Basilica Cistern was rediscovered and restored. Since 1987, it has been a very popular tourist attraction in Istanbul.
- The Latin word basilica was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located in the forum of a Roman town.
- The controversial iconographic element in the basilica is the collection of mosaics known as the “sins” or “heresies”, to be found in the upper sanctuary.
- The basilica was designed in the shape of a Greek cross, surmounted by a colossal dome, and approached by a vestibule fronted with six columns.