A raised dais called a" bema" formed part of many large basilican churches. The church was designed in a stripped basilican style. It is a large brick Romanesque-style building in the basilican plan. The cathedral is a Gothic Revival structure that follows a basilican plan without side aisles. The historic structure consists of a basilican chapel plus a convent wing. The earliest known churches show the familiar basilican layout. The basilican nave is wide, with narrow aisles. The building features a basilican plan with arched windows. It was built to a simple aisled basilican plan with an apse. The rectangular building of Yusupov's mosque in Kokkoz has a basilican type. The interior combines a long basilican nave with a cruciform plan with transepts. It was built in 1860-1862 and is a brick, Basilican plan church.