Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World

Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World
ISBN-10
9004280227
ISBN-13
9789004280229
Category
Architecture
Pages
580
Language
English
Published
2014-11-14
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Gharipour Mohammad

Description

Sacred Precincts examines non-Muslim religious sites in the Islamic world, revealing how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. It explores urban contexts; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites in the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. The book includes case studies on churches, synagogues and sacred sites in Iran; Turkey; Cyprus; Egypt; Iraq; Tunisia; Morocco; Malta; Nigeria; Mali, and the Gambia.

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