RS 200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Heritage Site, Byzantine Architecture

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS 200A
• Professor: Boyarin Shamma

Document Summary

The floor plan of the early mosques was based on the house (court-yard) of. Worship centre shared by the westminster united church, and the temple shalom. Built to be a shared centre from the beginning, built in 1996 and is one of very few worship centres that is built this way. Although from time to time, other religious centres have let other religions use their centres when they are in need. Hagia sophia built by justinian 1 in 536 ce. Served as the centre of the eastern orthodox church. 1204-1261 converted to a catholic cathedral (then was reverted) 1453 converted into a mosque during the uprising of the automan empire, around the time constantinople was changed to istanbul. 1st mosque to have minarets was built in damascus in 673 minarets were probably inspired by church bells towers (churches in prague) The mosque cathedral of cordoba built in 786 by abd al-rahman i.