Building Types
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- Quebec Religious Heritage Foundation
- Dedicated to the conservation of churches and other religious buildings in Quebec. Illustrated introduction and detailed, scholarly dissertations and monographs on specific buildings and topics.
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- Shrine of St. Michael, Italy
- History and tour via sensitive cutaway drawing of the shrine in Monte Sant'Angelo on the Gargano peninsula. The shrine in a natural cavern lies at the heart of a complex of medieval buildings.
- 403
- St. Brigid Catholic Church, San Francisco
- Noted for its Irish stained-glass windows, 19th-century Romanesque architecture, and its Ruffatti organ. History, description, expandable photographs.
- 404
- The Churches of Rome
- Chris Nyborg's guide to churches of all denominations in this city central to the development of church architecture. Includes biographies of their architects and artists.
- 405
- The Hanging Church, Cairo
- Illustrated description from Tour Egypt of the Coptic Church of St Mary, rebuilt in the 11th century. Its fascinating mixture of styles includes Corinthian capitals and Arabic-inspired ornament.
- 406
- The New Jersey Churchscape
- Frank Greenagel records the 18th and 19th century churches of New Jersey. Provides a database and photographic inventory, features, events list.
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- Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
- Official site of the remarkable cubist concrete church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright reproduces the original 1906 brochure with plans, drawings and the design philosophy for the building.
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- Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
- Oak Park Tourist provides an online tour with plan, photographs and history of the remarkable cubist concrete church designed in 1905 by Frank Lloyd Wright.
- 409
- Windows in Church Architecture
- A history of the use and form of windows in Christian houses of worship from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- 410
- Abbey
- An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia explaining the history, layout and function of monasteries. Expandable thumbnail image of the plan of Durham Cathedral Priory, UK.
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- Languedoc: Historic Monasteries
- James McDonald provides a guide to the religious houses of this part of southern France, including the World Heritage site of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert.
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- Musée des Augustins de Toulouse
- Museum housed in the church and the chapter house of an Augustinian monastery, built in the southern French Gothic style. Includes a brief history and images of the buildings.
- 413
- St. Gall Monastery Plan
- This Mellon Foundation-funded project displays the extraordinary survival of a monastic plan created in the early 9th century. Images of the plan and reconstructions from it.
- 414
- The Abbey of Montecassino
- Illustrated history and visitor information for the famous Italian monastery founded by St. Benedict. Bombed in 1944, it has been rebuilt to its former plan.
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- The Noble Sanctuary
- A guide to Al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem - 35 acres of fountains, gardens, buildings and domes. At its center is the celebrated Dome of the Rock.
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- Berkshire Castles and Country Houses
- Histories of all the castles and many of the country houses of Berkshire. Castles include small mottes to the largest inhabited castle in the World.
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- Castles in Cumbria
- The Cumbria Directory provides photographs, brief histories and visitor information.