Hampi, the Land of Temples

The way the temple was designed gives the impression of a“subtle organic character to an obvious geometric structure.” With how the columns taper off, it looks as if the column could not take the weight of the roof. The ratio of the structure is 9:4. Approximately 13400 stones were used to make the temple.

Angkor Wat - The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs and for the numerous devatas.

World famous and believed to be created in the first hundred years AD, the Al Khazneh in Petra of Jordan was once used as a mausoleum or a crypt (Macaulay-Lewis, n.d.). This building is now a tourist attraction and has been made famous by being featured in films from around the world.

As mentioned name are a key source of information when reading about something important it allows for greater understanding. Conclusion: In conclusion, I believe that a monument when being constructed should be thoroughly studied for to show someone its importance one must first understand its importance

of the greatest and the most important architectural monuments in the world. Even though two of

The first omen was a sort of fiery signal or shape that shone in the night sky and appeared to have sparks of fire that fell dripped from it like blood or rain. This fire-like phenomena that appeared at midnight at disappeared at sunrise was wide at the base and narrow at the top like a pyramid. The second omen was that the temple of Huitzilopochtli caught fire without any apparent reason, and when the Mexicanos ran to put it out with water, the flames only rose higher until the temple was completely reduced to ash. The third omen was that the straw temple of Xiuhtecuhtli was struck by lightening and burned down despite there not being but a light rain fall. The fourth omen was a series of comets that flew across the sky from the west to the

the ancient Tikal temple but the temple I have presented is between the third to twentieth one

Though architecture is something that we see and observe daily, to truly get to know a building we must observe it from all angles and view every detail to understand its beauty and the purpose of why it was created. Many unique buildings have been constructed all over the world, however, the most unique structures and its bold design will catch the eye of bystanders more often, such as The Dome of the Rock. This building, which is located in Jerusalem, caught the eye of many people due the huge golden dome structure that sits on top of the building and the decorative colors and tiles that surround the building. The historical significance of this building is upheld by the religion of its local people, the location site of the building, along with the structure and the design of the building itself.

That event marked the beginning of a long construction process. Work on the temple stretched from years to decades until finally, 40 years after it was begun, the temple was completed and dedicated on 6 April 1893” (Abanes, 2003).

Located at Angkor, Cambodia, it was built in the early 12th century for King Suryavarman II. The building was to be his temple and capital city, which was dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu. After some time the Hindu religious site turned

Temple of the sun, the most important temple in the Inca Empire. Spanish demolished it and built the Santo Domingo Church on it.

One common feature of all places of worship is “verticality” (Greenbaum, S., 2009). One can notice that the temple is very tall for a one-storey building, and the windows are narrow and tall as well. The purpose of this is to add to the aesthetic appeal and allows the building to be distinguished from the ones surrounding it (Greenbaum, S., 2009). All aspects of a building are taken into account when constructing it. All new development, renovations and so on are for the purpose to enhance the welcoming feeling, and not take away from the character or significance of the setting (Heritage Victoria 2010). On the outside, the building is made of stone symbolizing strength, power and religion (Gray, J., 2015). It also does not get damaged easily, so this makes it useful to places of worship because it prevents damage to the building (which is extensively used), adds an artistic feature and provides

Around the inside of the building were candles, incense, and different statues of what I'm sure were a multitude of separate Hindu deities. Of course, being relatively new to the Hindu gods and goddesses, I wasn't able to identify too many, but I did recognize the remover of obstacles, Ganesh—for what I figure is one rather obvious reason. I could only assume other popular divine figures including lord Vishnu and the mother goddess Devi resided with these other statues.

Behind the main temple was another small courtyard was two smaller buildings for worship to the left and the right of the courtyard. Another large building was to the back which looked fairly newly built. It seemed to be a place of serving food that contained no meat but some sort of meat substitute that was not artificially made from what the servers were telling me. Then to the right of that building was a small warehouse that looked to house desks and whiteboards for the weekly Vietnamese classes that are being held there. Outside of the warehouse was a basketball goal for the students that would come for Sunday school, and a small parking lot for more visitors.

Until the 19th century it was the tallest building in the world and, at the age of 4,500 years, it is the only one of the famous "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World" that still stands. It is the Great Pyramid of Khufu, at Giza, Egypt.