Liturgical architecture

Liturgical architecture

Liturgical architecture refers to religious structures, forms, spaces and orders. Liturgical architecture can enhance ones religious experience through ritual procession, circumambulation, and the narration of religious stories through the form and ornamentation of a building.

Categories of Liturgical Architecture

* Buddhist temples
* Hindu temples
* Mauryan temples
* Mosques
* Jewish temples
* Teutihuacan temples
* Temples of Great Zimbabwe
* Mayan Acropolis
* Early Christian churches
* Carolingian churches, cathedrals & monasteries
* Romanesque churches, cathedrals & monasteries
* Gothic churches, cathedrals & monasteries

References

# UC Berkeley History of Architecture 170A, Fall 06


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