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Basilica of St. John

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A wooden-roofed basilica was first built over the tomb of St. John in the 4th century AD.The large basilica that has survived to the present day was built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and his wife Theodora in the 6th century AD, with a cross plan and six domes.

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