Basile, Ernesto: (b. 1857, Palermo. d. 1932, Palermo). Architect and furniture designer. Having graduated from the University of Palermo, he studied Sicilian, Arab-Norman and Renaissance architecture. Principal Works: Palazzo di Montecitorio (Rome, 1903-1925) a monument of Calatafimi (1885) buildings for the National Exposition of Palermo (1891).Villa Igea (Palermo)Villa Paterno’ (Palermo, 1898) pavilion of Sicilian Exposition (Palermo, 1901)Caffe’ Ferraglia (1901, Rome)Villini Monroy (1903, Palermo)Basile (1904, Palermo)Fassini (1906, Palermo)Villa Dellella (1909, Palermo).
basilica: an ancient Roman administrative building, used as a courtroom or meeting hall. It had a central nave and an apse at one or both ends. Two side aisles were formed by rows of columns. The earliest known basilica in Rome dates from 184 BC. Ancient Pompeii also had a basilica built in the late 2nd century BC.
The early Christian churches were based a similar floor plan to the secular basilicas. Typically such a church had a nave with an apse, two or four side aisles, a narthex, and a clerestory. They are distinguished by a lack of transepts.
Basilica is also used in the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches to designate a church accorded special privileges by the pope as a result of its great antiquity or notoriety.
Basilicata (Lucania):
Location: A region in southern Italy.
Name:
Capital: Potenza.
>Area>: 9,992 km² (mi²) ().
>Number of Provinces>: 2 (Potenza; Matera).
>Number of Communes (Municipalities)>: 131.
>Population>: 591,338 (2007)
>Population Density>: 59.2/km² (2007).
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>History>:
>Historical Population>: 490,000 (1901); 610,186 (1981); 610,528 (1991); 597,768 (2001); 594,086 (2006e).
>Landscape>:
>Terrain>:
Basilicata, Communes of:
Province of Matera
Accettura, Aliano, Bernalda, Calciano, Cirigliano, Colobraro, Craco, Ferrandina, Garaguso, Gorgoglione, Grassano, Grottole, Irsina, Matera, Miglionico, Montalbano Jonico, Montescaglioso, Nova Siri, Oliveto Lucano, Pisticci, Policoro, Pomarico, Rotondella, Salandra, San Giorgio Lucano, San Mauro Forte, Scanzano Jonico, Stigliano, Tricarico, Tursi, Valsinni.
Province of Potenza
Abriola, Acerenza, Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Armento, Atella, Avigliano, Balvano, Banzi, Baragiano, Barile, Bella, Brienza, Brindisi Montagna, Calvello, Calvera, Campomaggiore, Cancellara, Carbone, Castelgrande, Castelluccio Inferiore, Castelluccio Superiore, Castelmezzano, Castelsaraceno, Castronuovo di Sant`Andrea, Cersosimo, Chiaromonte, Corleto Perticara, Episcopia, Fardella, Filiano, Forenza, Francavilla in Sinni, Gallicchio, Genzano di Lucania, Ginestra, Grumento Nova, Guardia Perticara, Lagonegro, Latronico, Laurenzana, Lauria, Lavello, Maratea, Marsico Nuovo, Marsicovetere, Maschito, Melfi, Missanello, Moliterno, Montemilone, Montemurro, Muro Lucano, Nemoli, Noepoli, Oppido Lucano, Palazzo San Gervasio, Paterno, Pescopagano, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pietrapertosa, Pignola, Potenza, Rapolla, Rapone, Rionero in Vulture, Ripacandida, Rivello, Roccanova, Rotonda, Ruoti, Ruvo del Monte, San Chirico Nuovo, San Chirico Raparo, San Costantino Albanese, San Fele, San Martino d`Agri, San Paolo Albanese, San Severino Lucano, Sant`Angelo Le Fratte, Sant`Arcangelo, Sarconi, Sasso di Castalda, Satriano di Lucania, Savoia di Lucania, Senise, Spinoso, Teana, Terranova di Pollino, Tito, Tolve, Tramutola, Trecchina, Trivigno, Vaglio Basilicata, Venosa, Vietri di Potenza, Viggianello, Viggiano.
Basilicata, Ecclesiastical Region of:
Area: 9,970 km²/ mi²
Total Population: 605,942
Catholic Population:
Total Priests: 413 (Diocesan: 327; Religious: 86)
Permanent Deacons: 38
Male Religious:
Female Religious:
Parishes: 268.
Basico’ (ME): A commune in the province of Messina. Population: 713 (2006e).
Basilio: Bishop of Capua (rAD 595 – ?).
Basiluzzo (anc. Hycesia)(ME): a small islet in the Lipari/Aeolian Islands.
Basket-Laundries: Up until the 20th century it was common for women in Palermo to travel through the city streets with large baskets. They would use these as a sort of portable laundry, accepting a fee to wash a persons clothing while they waited.