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The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, known as the Old Cathedral, is a Catholic church built in 1831–1834 in Greek Revival style near the St. Louis riverfront. It was the first cathedral west of the Mississippi and was kept when the surrounding blocks were cleared for the Gateway Arch, which now rises behind it. Pope John XXIII made it a basilica in 1961.
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The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, on Lindell Boulevard in the Central West End. Built from 1907 and dedicated in 1914, it has a Romanesque Revival exterior with a green-tiled dome and two towers. Its interior is covered with mosaics of 41.5 million glass pieces, completed in 1988.
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