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La basilique Sainte Sophie, aquarelle, 1893. Wikipedia/Divdaniel, CC BY-SA Antoine Arjakovsky, Collège des Bernardins Ce vendredi 24 juillet, le gouvernement turc a ouvert aux prières musulmanes l’ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Sophie d’Istanbul. Le patriarche œcuménique de Constantinople Bartholomée a vigoureusement condamné cette décision. Pour lui cette transformation de la basilique-musée en mosquée risque de tourner le monde chrétien contre l’islam. Le Conseil œcuménique …

The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral was damaged earlier this year during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Christina Maranci, Tufts University A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region in the South Caucasus, ended on Nov. 9 after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under the deal, several ethnically Armenian provinces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Armenians …

Changsha Meixihu Culture and Arts Centre, in Hunan province, China. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in 2019. Jason_x.j / Shutterstock.com Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Anglia Ruskin University In the five years since Zaha Hadid’s passing, much has been written about the glorious and towering legacy the fabled British-Iraqi architect left behind. Thinking about what she started, though, is more instructive. Born …

Nicomedes de Mendivil (dib.), Esteban Buxó (grab.). Detalle de templete y mocárabes en el Patio de los Leones de la Alhambra. Publicado en “Monumentos Arquitectónicos de España”, cuaderno nº 27, 1865 [col. particular]. Antonio Gámiz Gordo, Universidad de Sevilla Ningún otro rincón de la Alhambra de Granada, incluida en la lista de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO, despierta tanto interés …