Places of worship

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Christian Ethiopian art

Rock garden, Ryōanji, Kyoto, Japan (photo: Vincent Briccoli, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) — […]

Ryōanji (Peaceful Dragon Temple)

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Church of Ste-Geneviève (now Le Panthéon), 1755-90, Paris (France) — […]

Soufflot, The Panthéon (Church of Ste-Geneviève), Paris

Pierre-Alexandre Barthélémy Vignon, completed by Jacques-Marie Huvé, Church of La Madeleine, 1807-45, 108m long x 43 m, Place de la Madeleine (Paris, France) — […]

Vignon, Church of La Madeleine

Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres — […]

Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres

Jerónimo de Balbás, Altar of the Kings (Altar de los Reyes) (detail) — […]

Jerónimo de Balbás, Altar of the Kings (Altar ...

The Church of San Pedro Apóstol de Andahuaylillas — […]

The Church of San Pedro Apóstol de ...

Mimar Sinan, Süleymaniye Mosque (detail) — […]

Mimar Sinan, Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul

Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice — […]

Saint Mark’s Basilica, Venice

The Parthenon — […]

The Parthenon, Athens

Mimar Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul — […]

Mimar Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul

The Pantheon, Rome, c. 125 — […]

The Pantheon (Rome)

Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, Padua, c. 1305 (detail) — […]

Giotto, Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel (part 1 of ...

Ancient Greek Temples at Paestum — […]

Ancient Greek Temples at Paestum

Mihrab from Isfahan (Iran) (detail) — […]

Mihrab from Isfahan (Iran)

William Butterfield, All Saints Church — […]

William Butterfield, All Saints, Margaret Street, London

The Pergamon Altar (detail) — […]

The Pergamon Altar

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — […]

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), 9 B.C.E. (Ara Pacis Museum, Rome, Italy) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Ara Pacis

Mission Church of San Esteban del Rey, 1629, Acoma Pueblo — […]

Mission Church, San Esteban del Rey, Acoma ...

Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut (detail) — […]

Mortuary Temple and Large Kneeling Statue of ...

Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali — […]

Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenné peoples)

Aerial photo of Borobudur — […]

Borobudur

Aerial view, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia — […]

Angkor Wat

Offering Procession of the Empress as Donor with Her Court (detail) — […]

Longmen caves, Luoyang

Ajanta, cave 19 (detail) — […]

Buddhist Monasteries

Façade of convent church and convent, San Nicolás de Tolentino, 1546 and after, Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico (photo: SAHER, CC BY-SA 3.0) — […]

The Convento of San Nicolás de Tolentino, ...

Convento de Huejotzingo, estado de Puebla (México). Vista lateral de la iglesia, con la Puerta de la Porciúncula, c. 1520s - 1530s, Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico (photo: Manuel de Corselas, CC BY-SA 3.0) — […]

St. Michael the Archangel in Huejotzingo

Saint Peter's Basilica — […]

Saint Peter’s Basilica

Leon Battista Alberti, Basilica of Sant’Andrea, 1472-90, Mantua (Italy) (photo: Steven Zucker, CC: BY-NC-SA 3.0) — […]

Leon Battista Alberti, Sant’Andrea in Mantua

View of the Nativity Façade, Antoni Gaudí, Church of the Sagrada Família or Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, 1882- (consecrated 2010, but still under construction), Barcelona, Spain (photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 3.0) — […]

Antoni Gaudí, Sagrada Família

Sedefkâr Mehmed Ağa, Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque), completed 1617 (photo: Tim O'Brien/Oberazzi, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii)

Mimar Sinan, Mosque of Selim II, Edirne, Turkey, 1568–75 (photo: grcnysll CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Mimar Sinan, Mosque of Selim II, Edirne

Great Mosque of Kairouan prayer hall facade (photo: Damian Entwistle, CC BY-SA 2.0) — […]

The Great Mosque of Kairouan

Mihrab & minbar, Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo, 1356-63 (photo: Dave Berkowitz, CC BY 2.0) — […]

Introduction to mosque architecture

The Kaaba, granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread, pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Muhammad in 631-32 C.E., multiple renovations, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (photo: The Kaaba in the Masjid el Haram, 2010 Tab59, CC BY-SA 2.0) — […]

The Kaaba

The Zodiac, mosaic floor, Beit Alpha Synagogue, early 6th century (Beit Alpha National Park, Israel) — […]

Writing a history of Jewish architecture

Chapter House, Fontenay Abbey — […]

Fontenay Abbey

South-side portal (detail), Church of Ste. Pierre, 1115-1130, Moissac, France (photo: Simon, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) — […]

Saint-Pierre, Moissac

Palmyra’s divine triad: Baalshamin, with the Moon god Aglibol on his right and the Sun-god Yarhibol at left, discovered at Bir Wereb, near Palmyra, 60 cm high (Louvre, Paris) (photo: Emmanuel PIERRE, CC BY-SA 3.0) — […]

Temple of Bel, Palmyra

Hagia Sophia — […]

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

Basilica of Santa Sabina — […]

Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome

Digital reconstruction of the White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka), c. 3517-3358 B.C.E. © artefacts-berlin.de; scientific material: German Archaeological Institute — […]

White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk

Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100 B.C.E. mud brick and baked brick, Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq (largely reconstructed) — […]

Ziggurat of Ur

View down the nave toward the apse with altar, Basilica of Santa Sabina, c. 432 C.E., Rome (photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Architecture and liturgy