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Following is a list of pantheons of deities in specific spiritual practices: . African pantheons; Armenian pantheon; Aztec pantheon; Buddhist pantheon; Berber pantheon; Burmese pantheon
An exedra (pl.: exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. The original Greek word ἐξέδρα ('a seat out of doors') was applied to a room that opened onto a stoa , ringed with curved high-backed stone benches, a ...
The Pantheon has three floors with a total area of 2,105 m 2 (22,660 sq ft). Inside in the Red Hall is the Mural of Freedom by Athos Bulcão . On the third floor is stained glass by Marianne Peretti, who also designed the glass for the Cathedral of Our Lady Aparecida in Brasilia.
Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greeks, or Hellenes, whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest remaining architectural works dating from around 600 BC.
Parthenon in Athens. The largest post and lintel roof by span spanned the Parthenon in Athens. It measured 19.20 m between the cella walls, with an unsupported span of 11.05 m between the interior colonnades. [86] Sicilian temples of the time featured slightly larger cross sections, but these may have been covered by truss roofs instead. [87]
The Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens are the natural fissures in the rock of the Acropolis hill that were used as sites of worship for deities of the Panhellenic pantheon in antiquity. Traditionally a sharp distinction has been drawn between the state religion practised on the summit of the Acropolis and the cult practice of the ...
Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens: number 14 is the sanctuary. The Sanctuary of Pandion is the name sometimes given to the remains of a building located in the south-east corner of the Acropolis of Athens. Its foundations were found during the excavations for the construction of the Old Acropolis Museum (1865–1874). [citation needed]
The area is rich in wildlife. The park contains Brazil's highest mountain, Pico da Neblina, at 2,995 m (9,826 ft) (pictured). [37] [38] Serra da Bocaina National Park: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro: 1996 vii, x (natural) The park, located between the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, comprises Atlantic Forests. It is rich in biodiversity ...