Category Archives: Features

Italian history can‘t be taken in consideration regardless of its religious history. Cities, roads, geographical and cultural spaces are strongly conditioned by religious roots and systems of beliefs. In a certain sense religions – considered as a form of perception … Continue reading →

Works of art, like paintings and architecture, often have a deeper meaning than an untrained eye can see. There can be a symbolic content, visible only to those who understand it. This is the case when it comes to church … Continue reading →

Surp Giragos Church is a structure which is within the traditional urban area. The church which is composed of a group of structures is the biggest Armenian Gregorian Church of Turkey and The Middle East. It has an area of … Continue reading →

Shepherd Suleyman from a village near Djakovo in Kosovo was taken away from his homeland to Istanbul to serve at the Topkapı Palace.  After years of service to the Ottoman sultan, he decided to go back and build a mosque … Continue reading →

Bosnia is the country of long common history of Jews, Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Muslims, a history that is reflected in townscapes in which church belfries have been leaning towards the mosque minarets, standing close to the domes of … Continue reading →

The Forum in Canterbury last year, where the European network for historic places of worship was established, joined people of different professions, experiences and knowledge from 24 countries of Europe and Canada, to think and talk about churches, or sacred … Continue reading →

It’s one year since we all met, many for the first time, at our conference in Canterbury.  What a wonderful time we had there, everyone enjoyed the fabulous location by the cathedral, the well-organised venue and most importantly, the excitement … Continue reading →