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Architecture of the Early Christian Church

Plan of "Old" St. Peter's Basilica.

Plan of "Old" St. Peter's Basilica.

One of the first Christian churches in Rome, Old St. Peter's followed the plan of the Roman basilica and added a transept (labeled "Bema" in this diagram) to give the church a cruciform shape.

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