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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I try to picture the basilica and the beautiful little medieval town of Assisi, tucked into the side of Mount Subasio.
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Mass was celebrated in the basilicas of San Francesco and Santa Chiara.
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The basilica beside the columns is very ancient, one of the oldest in the city, founded in the fourth-century.
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The basilica , completed in A.D. 329, was 391 feet long and 208 feet wide.
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The plan is that of a cross-domed basilica with nave, aisles, eastern apse and western atrium.
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Though still standing, the basilica itself has sustained terrible damage.
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Twin quakes on Sept. 26 killed 10 people and severely damaged the basilica in Assisi.