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[[Image:Petersdom von Engelsburg gesehen.jpg|thumb|350px300px|right|St.Peter's Basilica is often used by the pope.]]

[[Image:Basilica di San Pietro 1450.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome]]

The [[Latin]] word '''basilica''' (derived from [[Greek language|Greek]], ''[[Stoa Basileios| Basiliké Stoà]]'', Royal ''[[Stoa]]''), was originally used to describe a [[ancient Rome|Roman]] public building (as in [[Greece]], mainly a [[tribunal]]), usually located at the centre of a Roman town ([[Forum (Roman)|forum]]). In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the [[2nd century BC]].