0 a public building in ancient Rome that was round at one end and had two rows of columns supporting the roof, or a large church with a similar design --
The two towers symbolize the division in the basilica.
The intervals between the columns separating the basilica's naves are closed off by balustrade slabs.
Rectors of basilicas and some canons wear a black mozzetta with red piping and buttons.
That part which is nearest the basilica is trapezoid, but rather than fanning out from the faade, it narrows.
Are also found very high basilica of the aisles.
Two rows of eight columns divide the basilica into a nave and two side aisles.
In the years 1968 to 1970 the whole building and in 1983 to 1984 the original ground plan of the basilica were reconstructed.
A second, grander row of stalls stretched from the south corner of the iconostasis, covering a distance of almost six metres towards the eastern end of the basilica.
