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UNISA990006092490203316 |
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Titolo |
Lisboa Expo'98 : architecture = Exposição mundial de Lisboa : arquitectura / edited by Luiz Trigueiros and Claudio Sat with Cristina Oliveria ; foreword by José Torres Campos and texts by António Mega Ferreira...[et al.] ; organized by Bárbara Villalobos and Luís Moreira |
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Lisboa : Blau, copyr. 1998 |
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Architettura - Portogallo - Sec. 20 |
Lisbona Esposizioni Sec. 20. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Tit. parallelo della cop. |
Testo in portoghese e in inglese |
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UNINA9910793404103321 |
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Autore |
Di Salvo Mario |
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The basilicas of Ethiopia : an architectural history / / Mario Di Salvo ; in collaboration with Carolyn Gossage ; with a foreword by Professor Michael Gervers |
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London, England : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2019 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019 |
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1-350-98847-2 |
1-83860-932-6 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Disciplina |
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Basilicas - Ethiopia - History - To 1500 |
Church architecture - Ethiopia |
Architecture, Medieval - Ethiopia |
Architecture, Ancient - Ethiopia |
Religious buildings |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145). |
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Preface: The structural characteristics of Christian basilicas -- Part I. The ruins of the ancient Aksumite basilicas (fourth-seventh century) -- Part II. The architecture of the late-Aksumite and post-Aksumite basilicas of Tigray (eighth-twelfth century) -- The built basilicas -- The hypogeal basilicas -- The semi-monolithic basilicas -- Part III. The architecture of the medieval basilicas of Ethiopia (the twelfth-century Zagwe kingdom and the restoration of the Solomonic dynasty) -- Basilicas constructed in caves -- The monolithic and semi-monolithic basilicas in Lālibalā -- The last Ethiopian basilicas. |
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The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. 'Ezānā, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church of Māryām Şĕyon, sadly destroyed in 1535, and since then many hundreds of basilicas have been built in Ethiopia, many, including the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lalibela, literally 'hewn from the rock'. In this book, architectural historian and architect Mario di Salvo considers the unique architectural |
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features of Ethiopia's basilicas and explains how they developed over time. Featuring almost 200 colour illustrations, this book is an attractive and comprehensive guide to some of Ethiopia's most inspiring religious buildings. -- |
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