POI data

General information
Basilica di San Basilio Magno
Church, ruined church, chapel, temple
Catholic
no
The building is located in historic centre. Perhaps the early Christian age, is cited in a document dated 1087. It was restored and modified in the sixteenth century and the Baroque period. He is in the shape of a Latin cross. On the front there are perhaps some elements of Roman or medieval: the portal, the mullioned window and two friezes. There are also two small gables canopy of the Baroque period. On the left side of the church there are two doors and an ornate lintel Roman (I-II century AD). The small apse is decorated with thin pillars and small arches. Inside there are eight columns of marble and stone, with rough-hewn capitals; two half columns, The first is of the third century AD, the other of the second century AD. The vault and the central dome date the sixteenth century. More ancient, early Christian, perhaps, are the barrel vault of the transept and the vault of the sacristy, with stubby columns.
Location
Via San Basilio
Troia
71029
Italy
Puglia
41.3597
15.3062
440.92
Contact
Diocese Lucera-Troia
0881 520882
ITALIAN BISHOPS 'CONFERENCE CEI - Puglia
Additional information
Good
Scheduled visit
Good
Medium
National
Good
Cultural tourism
Antiquity,Baroque,Byzantine