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- 2. Sacred Space Themes How it is used by worshippers Religious celebrations/services Pilgrimages Harmony with Nature Orientation/Cardinal Directions Sunlight Astronomy Symbols Geometry Sacred Objects
- 3. Prehistoric and Ancient Sacred Sites Stonehenge, Prehistoric, England, 3000-2000 BCE.
- 4. Summer Solstice Stonehenge, Prehistoric, England, 3000-2000 BCE.
- 5. Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, Near Mexico City, 150-225 AD.
- 6. Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan, Near Mexico City, 150-225 AD.
- 7. Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE.
- 8. Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE.
- 9. Recreation of Athena in Parthenon (Nashville) Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE.
- 10. Sculpture from east pediment of Parthenon - (Birth of Athena) Elgin Collection, British Museum.
- 11. Metopes from Parthenon Elgin Collection, British Museum.
- 12. Panathenaic procession from Parthenon.
- 13. Alma-Tadema, Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, 1868.
- 14. Sites built for Polytheistic Religions• B
- 15. Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, third century BCE.
- 16. Great Stupa, Sanchi, India, third century BCE.
- 17. Circumambulation and North Torana, Great Stupa.
- 18. East Torana, Great Stupa.
- 19. Kandariya Mahadeva temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, ca.1000 AD.
- 20. Kandariya Mahadeva temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, ca.1000 AD.
- 21. Ise Jingū (Temple of Ise), Japan, 2013.
- 22. Ise Jingū (Temple of Ise), Japan, 2013.
- 23. Ise Jingū (Temple of Ise), Japan, 2013.
- 24. Sites built for Monotheistic Religions
- 25. Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 26. Flying buttresses, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 27. Rib vaults,Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 28. North Rose Window with Lancets below, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 29. North Rose Window with Lancets below, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 30. North Rose Window with Lancets below, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 31. Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 32. Royal Portal, West Façade, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, France, 1194-1250 AD.
- 33. The Great Mosque of Isfahan (Masjid-I-Jami), Iran, 1629 AD.
- 34. Entrance Iwan, The Great Mosque of Isfahan.
- 35. Entrance Iwan, The Great Mosque of Isfahan.
- 36. Mihrab, The Great Mosque of Isfahan.
- 37. Thousands praying towards the Kaaba in Mecca.
- 38. Sites Sacred or Spiritual to Multiple Religions
- 39. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel, 691 AD.
- 40. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel, 691 AD.
- 41. Dome of the Rock (interior).
- 42. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-37 AD.
- 43. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 532-37 AD.
- 44. Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 1971 AD.
- 45. Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 1971 AD.
- 46. Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 1971 AD.
- 47. Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 1971 AD.