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Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2012 For many centuries, sacral architecture was conceptualised as a multiple reflection of the Catholic spiritual teaching, traditions and a symbol of particular epoch.
Linas Krūgelis
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The signs and symbolic markers of sacral orientation in Mosque architecture
ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur, 2021 Mosques as a religious building for the Moslem Community have two orientations and they include the Qibla as the main and direction of the sky as the secondary.
Muhammad Rusdi Adiputra, Purnama Salura
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Sacral Architecture of Czestochowa—The “Spiritual Capital of Poland” over the Centuries and Nowadays
ReligionsCzęstochowa is a city known as the “spiritual capital of Poland”. The reason behind this name is the sanctuary of Our Lady—”Jasna Góra” monastery—around which a settlement was established, giving rise to the city today.
Aleksandra Repelewicz, Zaruhi Mamyan
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Ritual void in the sacred architecture of Montenegro
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2023 Sacral architecture has always aimed at the ritualization of space, which gained its spatial form by making the void. Common to all religions is the need to create a grandiose space with a "sacred void", which achieves mystification, sublimity, as a ...
Nemanja Milićević +1 more
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Cirkevná topografia mesta Nitry – vyriešená neznáma
Studia Historica Brunensia, 2021 The author of this study focuses on the issue of the church topography of the city of Nitra, which has not been adequately addressed until now, as the research of the earlier history of this important Slovak city was hindered by an absence of relevant ...
Peter Keresteš
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Arts, 2021 The subject of this work is the monumental art of Jerzy Nowosielski (1923–2011), one of the most outstanding contemporary Polish painters, who combined modernity with the orthodox icon aesthetics.
Wojciech Stanisław Januszewski
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Adaptation of places of worship to secular functions with the use of narrative method as a tool to preserve religious heritage [PDF]
Muzeológia a Kultúrne Dedičstvo, 2022 Sacral objects are an important part of Europe’s religious heritage. For centuries, temples have constituted a key element in the urban morphology; they fit into the urban fabric of European cities and are permanently embedded there.
Wierzbicka, Anna Maria, Arno, Maria
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The Sacred in the Military: Chapels and Churches of the Early Modern Fortresses in Šibenik and Split
Peristil, 2023 Sacral buildings were an integral part of the fortresses, sometimes built on the ruins of older churches and monasteries in the early modern Eastern Adriatic, retaining their titles. Considering that there is a representative number of fortresses of high
Karla Papeš
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Competitions for the design of Orthodox churches in Niš 1998-2021 [PDF]
Arhitektura i Urbanizam, 2022 This paper presents the competitions for developing urban-architectural solutions for Orthodox churches in Niš which took place from 1998 to 2021. In the past two years, student competitions for churches in Niš have taken place under the theme of "Sacred
Stanimirović Mirko
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Facta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2022 Within the topic of architectural design of a contemporary Serbian Orthodox temple, student competitions have been held for a few years at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Niš.
Mirko Stanimirović +3 more
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