Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction...
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First Bulgarian Empire (section Sacral architecture)
Empire. Many of them were erected over the old pagan temples. The new sacral architecture altered the appearance of the cities and fortresses. This construction...
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Buddhist religious architecture developed in the Indian subcontinent. Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism:...
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Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many varieties of style, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the...
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Synagogue architecture often follows styles in vogue at the place and time of construction. There is no set blueprint for synagogues and the architectural shapes...
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Great Moravia (section Sacral architecture)
Devín). Great Moravian sacral architecture was probably influenced by Frankish, Dalmatian-Istrian, Byzantine and classical architecture, which also indicated...
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Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc. It has evolved over the two...
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Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, or Chinese folk religion...
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Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings, and sculptures by excavating solid rock where it naturally occurs. Intensely laborious...
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Sanctum sanctorum (category Sacral architecture)
derivative use in application to imitations of the Tabernacle in church architecture. The plural form sancta sanctorum is also used, arguably as a synecdoche...
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42, Bucharest Doctor Dobrovici House, Bucharest Serbia's modern sacral architecture got its main impetus from the dynastic burial church in Oplenac which...
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Jewish schools. Synagogue architecture List of Jewish architects Jewish Architectural Heritage Foundation Sacral architecture Prager, Brad (2013). "Building...
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Neo-Byzantine architecture are present in buildings such as Vuk Foundation House, the Old Post Office in Kosovska street, and sacral architecture, such as...
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Multifaith space (category Sacral architecture)
A multifaith space or multifaith prayer room is a quiet location set aside in a busy public place (hospital, university, airport, etc.) where people of...
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Refectory (category Sacral architecture)
Saint-Michel and Chartres. New York: Penguin, 1986. Fernie, E. C. The Architecture of Norman England. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Harvey, Barbara...
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Yaroslavl (section Architecture)
noticeable mix of classical and sacral architecture. There are a number of major public and commercial buildings of architectural merit in the center of the...
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Bengal temple architecture is about temple styles developed and used in Bengal, particularly the chala, ratna and dalan temples. According to David J....
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Rostislavichi of Galicia. It was the main style of monumental, especially sacral, architecture in the Principality of Galicia. The characteristic feature of the...
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Belgrade (section Architecture)
as Vuk Foundation House, old Post Office in Kosovska street, and sacral architecture, such as St. Mark's Church (based on the Gračanica monastery), and...
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Mammisi (category Sacral architecture)
Khnum and Osiris himself as fertility deities. Mammisis thus formed an architectural translation of the myth of divine birth and its eternal repetition....
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Sacred enclosure (category Sacral architecture)
of Inca History, Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-23387-4, archived from the original on 2024-07-13, retrieved 2024-07-13 Portals: History Religion Architecture...
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Bema (category Sacral architecture)
use of a bema carried over from Judaism into early Christian church architecture. It was originally a raised platform with a lectern and seats for the...
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Roman temple (category Sacral architecture)
Roman architecture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state. Today they remain "the most obvious symbol of Roman architecture". Their...
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Cathedral of Saint Domnius (section Architecture)
were brought to the cathedral after his death. Other treasures include sacral art works, like the Romanesque The Madonna and Child panel painting from...
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lineage to the deity Lord Vishwakarma, the god of craftsmen and sacral architecture. They performed enterprises and were called sants. Nevertheless,...
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Megaliths in the Netherlands (category Sacral architecture)
Megalithic architecture appeared in what is now the Netherlands during the Neolithic period, especially in the northeast. Megalithic structures, i.e. buildings...
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Notsé Walls (category Sacral architecture)
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Temple (category Sacral architecture)
Devakula, Devagiriha, Degul, Deva Mandiraya, and Devalayam. Hindu temple architecture is mainly divided into the Dravidian style of the south and the Nagara...
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List of oldest church buildings (category Sacral architecture)
Azusa St. Revival in San Francisco, 1906 (Charismatic Church) Church architecture Church (building) List of the oldest buildings in the world "To the time...
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Hypaethral (category Sacral architecture)
In classical architecture, hypaethral describes a building with no roof and with columns forming a partial wall. The term originates from Latin hypaethrus...
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