2014 - Ongoing
Stockholm, Sweden; Cairo, Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah, Egypt; Athens, Attica, Greece; Prague, Praha, Czech Republic; Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Alexandria, Egypt; Istanbul, Turkey; Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain; Budapest, Hungary; Garching bei München, Bavaria, Germany; Saxony, Germany; Italy; Paris, Île-de-France, France
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul – Byzantine architecture - 537
It was the world's largest building and an engineering marvel of its time. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have changed the history of architecture.
Byzantine ChristianCathedral (537–1054)
Greek OrthodoxCathedral (1054–1204)
Roman CatholicCathedral (1204–1261)
Greek OrthodoxCathedral (1261–1453)
Ottoman Mosque (1453–1931)
Museum (1935–present)
Seville Cathedral ( The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See), Sevilla – 1401-1528
It is the third-largestchurch in the world as well as the largest Gothic church and the largest cathedral in the world. After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world with a total area of 23,500 square meters. Shortly after Seville's conquest by Ferdinand III, Yaqub Yusuf's mosque was converted into the city's cathedral. Its orientation was changed and its spaces partitioned and adorned to suit Christian worship practicesThe Giralda (105m hight)is the former minaret of the mosque that stood on the site under Muslim rule, and was built to resemble the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. It was converted into a bell tower for the cathedral after the Reconquista,
The Spanish Synagogue, Prague – Andalusian Moorish architecture- 1868
Is the most recent synagogue in the Prague Jewish Town.
Built in 1868 for the local Reform congregation on the site of the 12th-century Altschul, which was the oldest synagogue in the Prague ghetto.
It was called the Spanish Synagogue for its impressive Moorish interior design, influenced by the famous Alhambra.
Madrasa and Sabil of Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri Complex, Cairo – Mamluk architecture -1503 – 1505
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq - is a religious complex in Islamic Cairo – Memluk architecture – 1284 - 1386
is a religious complex in Islamic Cairo. It was commissioned by Sultan al-Zahir Barquq as a school for religious education in the four Islamic schools of thought, composed of a mosque, madrassa, mausoleum and khanqah.
Al-Rifa'i Mosque or the Royal Mosque, Cairo - 1869 – 1912
It is the Khedival Mausoleum of the Royal Family of Muhammad Ali Pasha. The building is located opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan,[1] which dates from around 1361, and was architecturally conceived as a complement to the older structure.
St. Nikolai, Leipzig - 1165
In the 18th century, several works by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was the music director of Nikolaikirche and of St. Thomas Church from 1723–50, premiered here. The Neoclassical interior dates to the late 18th century. It was built originally in the Romanesque style (with twin towers) but was extended and enlarged in the early 16th century in the Gothic style. The Baroque main tower was added in 1730; the portal dates from 1759.