Architecture: religious buildings

Cardiff, the Welsh capital and home to the National Assembly of Wales, is a modern vibrant city with many attractions for visitors from all over the world.

Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance.

Monumental Bali describes a formative period in Balinese history through a study of the island's fascinating antiquities.

Bis heute betrachtet die kunsthistorische Forschung den Kirchenbau der Moderne weitgehend unter liturgeschichtlichen Aspekten.

Churches of Nova Scotia is as much a human interest book as it is about ecclesiastical buildings.

From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks.

Wie Kirchen und Klöster in Deutschland erschlossen, vermittelt und als Orte der Teilhabe am kulturellen Erbe erschlossen werden können, ist ein drängendes gesamtgesellschaftliches Thema.

Founded in 1421, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, which became a cathedral in 1847, is of outstanding historical and architectural importance.

Every day millions of people enter public buildings of many forms and functions: Notre-Dame in Paris, Grand Central Station in New York, the British Museum in London, that are decorated with recessed doorways.

From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks.

The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York MinsterEngland's sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year.

Kultplätze, Tempel, Kirchen – heilige Räume und sakrale Bauten begleiten die Menschheit seit ihrem Beginn.

The social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups.

Die Isaakskathedrale ist das unverkennbare Wahrzeichen Sankt Petersburgs und eine der größten Sakralbauten der Welt.

This first comprehensive study of pre-Archaic Greek temple architecture combines architecture, society, and material culture.

Discover the fascinating stories of the world's most beautiful cemeteries, featuring spectacular photography, unique histories and famous residents.

This book investigates the role of architecture in the construction of sacred experience in ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, Christian and Byzantine cultures.

The first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity.

The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy.

The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose.

Medieval stairs, galleries and upper chambers in cathedrals, abbeys, and parish churches have been an enduring source of fascination to historians and archaeologists since the eighteenth century, but their practical purposes have long been shrouded in mystery and speculation.

Friedhöfe sind Trauerorte und langlebige Biotope des regionalen Gedächtnisses.

Canterbury Cathedral possesses a unique marble mosaic pavement, dating from the early twelfth century, which has long intrigued scholars and been the subject of speculation and debate.

Cathedrals are awe-inspiring buildings.

This is the first volume concerned solely with the archaeology of a major late 17th century building in London, and the major changes it has undergone.

The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose.

Kaum ein architekturtheoretisches Werk hat das Ringen um die Gestaltung des Sakralraums im 20.

Des spécialistes européens et nord-américains analysent les expériences vécues et formulent des propositions concernant l'avenir et la propriété des églises, leur vocation et leur usage.

The historic county of Yorkshire is the largest county in England, with 157 Grade I listed churches alone in the whole region.

The Abbey, Britain's largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks seeking a simpler life.

Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today.

England's cathedrals are the nation's glory.

The ancient cathedral of Old Minster and the abbey church of New Minster once stood at the heart of Anglo-Saxon Winchester.

The historic county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, home to 157 Grade I listed churches.

There are over 40,000 churches and chapels in the United Kingdom.

'Shop-window, flagship, common ground' views the rich ministry and innovative mission of cathedrals through the novel lens of metaphor; and it offers comparative insights on cathedrals and cathedral-like churches.

The construction of the Church of Notre-Dame was one of the boldest building projects of the nineteenth century.

Somerville is one of our finest gazetteers of the British countryside.

Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter''s Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.

Das Stift Stams: historische Kulturstätte, angesehener Ausbildungs- und geistiger Rückzugsort.

Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World is a unique blend of cultural and architectural history that considers Jewish heritage as it expanded among the continents and islands linked by the Atlantic Ocean between the mid-fifteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture.

Der Kölner Dom, ein Meisterwerk der gotischen Baukunst und Wahrzeichen der Stadt Köln, zieht jährlich Millionen Besucher aus aller Welt in seinen Bann.