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Religious Architecture
2 articles tagged “Religious Architecture” on Sprinkles of History.
Africa
Lalibela: Eleven Churches Carved Downward Into Solid Rock
In the Ethiopian highlands, an entire complex of churches was not built upward from the ground but chiseled straight down out of a single mass of volcanic rock.
Asia
Angkor Wat: The Temple That Outgrew an Empire
Built originally as a Hindu temple for the Khmer Empire, Angkor Wat later became Buddhist and remained in continuous use even after the city around it was abandoned.