Basilica
Basilica is a ruins in Messene, Messenia. Basilica is situated nearby to the ruins skenotheke, as well as near Stoa of Meat Market.Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: early Christian basilica in Messene Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Basilica of Messene”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Messene and Stoa of Meat Market.
Messene
Photo: Rossignol Benoît, CC BY 3.0.
Messene, officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese. It is best known for the ruins of the large classical city-state of Ancient Messene. Messene is situated 270 metres south of Basilica.
Treasury House
Archaeological site
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Treasury House is an archaeological site, which is situated 120 metres southeast of Basilica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavromati and Arsinoi.
Arsinoi
Village
Arsinoi is a local community of the municipal unit Ithomi, of the municipality of Messini within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided.
Labena
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Labena is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Basilica.
Basilica
- Categories: early Christian basilica, church, building, and historic site
- Location: Messene, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.17728° or 37° 10′ 38″ northLongitude
21.91928° or 21° 55′ 9″ eastOpen location code
8G935WG9+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 280618728OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchWikidata ID
Q38279530
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Basilica” goes by many names.
- German: “Basilika von Messene”
- German: “Basilika”
- Greek: “Βασιλική Μεσσήνης”
- Greek: “Παλιοχριστιανική Βασιλική, Αρχαία Μεσσήνη”
- Greek: “Πρωτοβυζαντινή Βασιλική Μεσσήνης”
- Greek: “Πρωτοβυζαντινή Βασιλική”
- Turkish: “Messene Bazilikası”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include skenotheke and Skene.
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