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21Christmas worldwide — Christmas around the world redirects here. For other uses, see Christmas Around the World (Bradley Joseph album). The Christmas season is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying by country and region. Elements common to many areas… …
22Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques — Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque on after Fall of Constantinople and since 1943 it has been converted into Museum …
23Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo — The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a church in Bergamo, northern Italy.HistoryThe church was founded in 1137 on the site of another church from the 8th century dedicated to St Mary, which had been in turn erected over a Roman temple of the… …
24Porta Salaria — was a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, demolished in 1921.HistoryPorta Salaria was part of the Aurelian Walls built by emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, including pre existing constructions in order to hasten the works. Under it passed the… …
25St Katherine Coleman — St. Katherine Coleman Site of St Katherine Coleman Country United Kingdom Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican St Katherine Colem …
26Timur — [tē moor′] var. of TAMERLANE * * * or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania died Feb. 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent Turkic conqueror of Islamic faith whose conquests reached from India and Russia to the… …
27architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… …
28colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European… …
29Ecclesiastical Buildings — • This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Buildings …
30Freiburg — • City, archdiocese, and university in the Archduchy of Baden, Germany Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Freiburg Freiburg † …
