sentences:  In 1899, Pope Leo XIII granted it the status of a basilica minor.The first religious edifice on the site was built in the 6th century on an Roman propylaea, using part of the existing structure.Perhaps the entrance to a monument, this was commonly known as the Capitoline Temple, as a pyramidal altar with the symbols of the Capitoline Triad (Jupiter, Juno and Minerva) had been discovered inside it.