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==United States== In the United States and elsewhere, the Neo-Byzantine style is often seen in [[Vernacular architecture|vernacular]] amalgamations with other [[Medieval]] revivalist styles such as [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] and [[Gothic revival|Gothic]], or even with the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission Revival]] or [[Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] styles. The [[Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception]] is a large Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The shrine is the largest Catholic church in North America, one of the largest churches in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |title=20 Largest Churches in the World |url=https://vocal.media/wander/20-largest-churches-in-the-world |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728154547/https://vocal.media/wander/20-largest-churches-in-the-world |archive-date=2020-07-28 |access-date=2020-07-28 |website=Wander}}</ref> and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Shrine">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=107986|title=Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception |website=National Shrine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203054648/http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=107986 |archive-date=February 3, 2009|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=107986 |title=The National Shrine |access-date=July 23, 2011 |website=SkyscraperPage.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005152023/http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/pp.asp?c=etITK6OTG&b=107986 |archive-date=October 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>The [[Washington Monument]] is a taller structure, (though it stands at a lower elevation) but is not a habitable building.</ref> Its construction of Byzantine Revival and [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] architecture began on September 23, 1920, with renowned contractor John McShain and was completed on December 8, 2017, with the dedication and solemn blessing of the ''Trinity Dome'' mosaic on December 8, 2017, the [[Feast of the Immaculate Conception]], by [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Donald Wuerl|Donald William Wuerl]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/12/09/after-century-largest-catholic-church-north-america-finally-complete/937410001/| title=After a century, the largest Catholic church in North America is finally complete| last=Samber| first=Sharon| date=December 9, 2017| newspaper=USA Today| access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref> Other notable [[United States|US]] examples include many buildings on the campus of [[Rice University]] in [[Texas]], and [[Christ Church United Methodist]] in Manhattan by [[Ralph Adams Cram]]; [[Cathedral of Saint Paul (Minnesota)]], [[Immaculate Conception Church (New Orleans)|Immaculate Conception Church]] in [[New Orleans]], [[St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church (Philadelphia)|St. Francis de Sales Church]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis]], [[Congregation Beth Israel (Portland, Oregon)|Temple Beth Israel]] in Portland, Oregon, and [[Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church]] in Buffalo, New York.
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