I mean churches as in buildings, above ground and which can still be seen today.
2006-09-23 00:26:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Big Dawg, that doesn't really count. You also have the Pantheon in Rome, the current building dates from 125 AD (after the first one was destroyed in a fire) and the temple later became a church.
I am looking for a building that was intended to be a church when they built it. Can anyone help me?
2006-09-26 08:11:02 · update #1
The São Pedro de Balsemão was built in the 7th Century. I do no that the present Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome was built during the reign of Pope Sixtus III (432 - 440). Does anyone know a european church older than the Maria Maggiore?
2006-09-26 08:21:51 · update #2
All I can think of is São Pedro de Balsemão, the oldest church in Portugal and second in Europe. I don't know the first one. The first one could be damaged Herod's temple where all Jewish pilgrims would go.
2006-09-23 01:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the Cathedral in Split, Croatia - originally Emperor Diocletian's mausoleum - constructed in the early 4th century
2006-09-26 03:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by John the Revelator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the 1st Century Church's were called ekklesia and they were built in Greece. Stonehenge was a burial ground not a church, I believe.
2006-09-23 01:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by madge 51 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stonehedge
2006-09-23 00:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by rswdew 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋