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appearance it has now. However, aspects of the Gothic structure were subsequently destroyed by fires in 1443, 1456 and 1531, and further damage later resulted from military occupation (1548–1552). The
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featuring high chapels. The entrance to the basilica is on the left side of the church because the area behind the façade is occupied by the raised structure of the Chapel of the Vaults.
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The church was begun in 1226–1265, on the hill of
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style also came to the basilica when the altars were rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. These features were later removed in 1941 during fascist occupation.
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They are followed by the St. Catherine Chapel in
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Notable amongst the chapels are the second, entitled to the martyrs of the German Nation, and the third, which includes a
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On the right transept is altar dedicated to
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It is a large edifice built, like many contemporary edifices of the
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was held here in 1344. The church contains several relics of
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St. Hyacinth Saving a Statue of the
Madonna from a Fire
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