FAH270H1 Lecture Notes - Turkish Bath, Ksar, Stupa
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Exempla: as a model build for muslim prayers: mosque in damascus. One part of what was the complex: originally attached to a chapel: palatine chapel: because it was a palace mosque: a royal association. The site was a great site of an ancient roman temple. St john the baptist: holds his relic: his head. Up until the seventh century it was shared by christians and muslims. In contrast to early christian arc: these mosques were not just sites for important relig activity but also sites for learning. And a treasury wiwth spolia columns raised up on its pillars is a windowless which was too symbollically hold the wealth of the empire. So the wealth wasn"t hidden away in the palace but it was there for all the ppl to see. architecture which was symbolic by the empire. Sets a standard for other mosques: free-flow space in both directions.
