Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Basilica_of_the_National_Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception,_Washington,_D.C.
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Catholic Church
cathedral
gptkbp:address 400 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Catholic_University_of_America
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Maginnis_&_Walsh
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Romanesque_Revival
Neo-Byzantine
gptkbp:capacity 10,000
gptkbp:completedIn December 8, 1959
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Crypt_Church
gptkb:Great_Upper_Church
gptkb:Trinity_Dome
over 80 chapels and oratories
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Blessed_Virgin_Mary
gptkb:Immaculate_Conception
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:diocese gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Washington
gptkbp:groundbreakingDate September 23, 1920
gptkbp:height 329 feet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:length 459 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:notableFeature largest Catholic church in North America
one of the ten largest churches in the world
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:status gptkb:monument
cathedral
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite no
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Pope_Benedict_XVI
gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
gptkbp:website https://www.nationalshrine.org/
gptkbp:width 240 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Casavant_Frères
gptkb:American_Catholicism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7