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The Great Basilica of Pliska (Template:Lang-bg, Golyama bazilika v Pliska) is an architectural complex in Pliska, the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, which includes a cathedral, an archbishop's palace and a monastery. Completed around 875, the basilica was the largest Christian cathedral in Europe,^[1] with an area of 2,920 square metres (31,400 sq ft)

The basilica was built at the place of what is known as the Cross-shaped Mausoleum, an older religious building that is thought by some researchers to be an unknown kind of Bulgar heathen temple. According to the Shumen architectural museum's research, an early Christian martyrium that included a cross-shaped church and a holy spring also existed at that place. The martyr buried there is thought to be Enravota, the first Bulgarian saint. The martyrium is thought ^{[by whom?]} to have been destroyed in 865 during the failed rebellion of the heathens in the wake of the Christianization of Bulgaria. Other researchers,^[who?] however, regard the cross-shaped remains as a mausoleum of early Bulgarian rulers.

The archbishop's residence lay to the north and south of the basilica: the northern yard hosted a residential building, with a bath with a hypocaust lay to the west of it. The building to the south of the cathedral accommodated a school and a scriptorium. Two necropoleis are located in the vicinity of the complex: a monastical necropolis lies to the southwest of the church, while a secular one intended for nobles was unearthed in front of the basilica's apse. The yard north of the basilica also accommodated monastical buildings with a kitchen and a dining room. The eastern part of the yard was allocated for a residential building with ten identical monastical cells. Another bath with a hypocaust, a cross-shaped one, and a well lay in the centre of that yard.

Gallery

The basilica
The basilica's narthex
Left part of the altar
Sarcophagi near the altar
An authentic small-scale model of the basilica
Plan

References

^ http://fakti.bg/kultura-art/141654-vazstanovavaneto-na-golamata-bazilika-oznachava-pamet-rodolubie-i-turizam

Иванов, Иван (2005). "Първата столица на Дунавска България". По пътя на българския етноним (in Bulgarian). Алфамаркет. ISBN 978-954-91107-3-9.
Василев, Явор (2006-08-04). "Мавзолeят в Плиска — енигмата на старата столица" (in Bulgarian). Actualno.com. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
Василев, Явор (2007). "Кръстовидната сграда под Голямата базилика в Плиска. Факти, хипотези, проблеми" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2009-08-02.

43°23′55″N 27°8′20″E / 43.39861°N 27.13889°E / 43.39861; 27.13889

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 The '''Great Basilica of Pliska''' ({{lang-bg|Голяма базилика в Плиска}}, ''Golyama bazilika v Pliska'') is an architectural complex in [[Pliska]], the first capital of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]], which includes a [[cathedral]], an [[archbishop]]'s palace and a monastery. Completed around 875, the [[basilica]] was the largest Christian cathedral in Europe,<ref>http://fakti.bg/kultura-art/141654-vazstanovavaneto-na-golamata-bazilika-oznachava-pamet-rodolubie-i-turizam</ref> with an area of {{convert|2920|m2|sqft}}
-The basilica was built at the place of what is known as the Cross-shaped Mausoleum, an older religious building that is thought by some researchers to be an unknown kind of [[Bulgars|Bulgar]] heathen temple. According to the [[Shumen]] architectural museum's research, an early Christian [[martyrium]] that included a cross-shaped church and a holy spring also existed at that place. The martyr buried there is thought to be [[Enravota]], the first Bulgarian [[saint]]. The martyrium is thought {{by whom|date=May 2014}} to have been destroyed in 865 during the failed rebellion of the heathens in the wake of the [[Christianization of Bulgaria]]. Other researchers,{{who|date=May 2014}} however, regard the cross-shaped remains as a mausoleum of early [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Bulgarian rulers]].
+The basilica was built at the place of what is known as the Cross-shaped Mausoleum, an older religious building that is thought by some researchers to be an unknown kind of [[Bulgars|Bulgar]] heathen temple. According to the [[Shumen]] architectural museum's research, an early Christian [[Martyrium (architecture)|martyrium]] that included a cross-shaped church and a holy spring also existed at that place. The martyr buried there is thought to be [[Enravota]], the first Bulgarian [[saint]]. The martyrium is thought {{by whom|date=May 2014}} to have been destroyed in 865 during the failed rebellion of the heathens in the wake of the [[Christianization of Bulgaria]]. Other researchers,{{who|date=May 2014}} however, regard the cross-shaped remains as a mausoleum of early [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Bulgarian rulers]].
 The archbishop's residence lay to the north and south of the basilica: the northern yard hosted a residential building, with a bath with a [[hypocaust]] lay to the west of it. The building to the south of the cathedral accommodated a school and a [[scriptorium]]. Two [[necropoleis]] are located in the vicinity of the complex: a monastical necropolis lies to the southwest of the church, while a secular one intended for nobles was unearthed in front of the basilica's [[apse]]. The yard north of the basilica also accommodated monastical buildings with a kitchen and a dining room. The eastern part of the yard was allocated for a residential building with ten identical monastical cells. Another bath with a hypocaust, a cross-shaped one, and a well lay in the centre of that yard.