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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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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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 different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jewish schools. Synagogue architecture List of Jewish architects Jewish Architectural Heritage Foundation Sacral architecture Prager, Brad (2013). "Building...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Multifaith space (category Sacral architecture)
are still not well-defined because of their novelty, and there are no architectural guidelines for the construction and design of MFSs. Nonetheless, most...
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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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Symbolism of domes (category Sacral architecture)
The octagonal patterns were mean to convey "the idea of basilea as the sacral power and status of a Byzantine emperor" and the octagon, also being a symbol...
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Religious precinct (category Sacral architecture)
Temenos Gharipour, Mohammad (2014). Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World. BRILL. ISBN 9789004279063...
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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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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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House of One (category Sacral architecture)
Strasse, Fischerinsel, Berlin Country Germany Architecture Architect(s) Kuehn Malvezzi Type Sacral architecture Style Modernist Height (max) 46 m (151 ft)...
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Yuhuangdong Grottoes (category Sacral architecture)
Yuhuangdong Grottoes (Chinese: 玉皇洞石窟), or Yuhuang Grottoes, named after the statue of the Jade Emperor carved inside the cave, are Chinese Taoist stone...
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