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Religious and Sacred Buildings

Buildings raised for worship, ritual or religious community life across traditions: the temple, the cathedral, the mosque, the shrine, the church, the basilica, the abbey, the chapel, the monastery, the madrasa complex, the gurdwara and the pagoda. Belongs here: any named building whose primary purpose is religious practice or a religious community's daily life, whatever the faith or era. Does not belong here: a building's style, which is captured on the separate style entity it relates to, or a purely funerary structure with no ongoing worship function, grouped under monuments, towers and commemorative structures.

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Era of Emergence
9000 BCE 1
Origin Region
Turkey (Anatolia) 1
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  • Wikipedia, Temple, history section, era
    Gobekli Tepe, located in southern Turkey, was built between the 8th and 10th millennium BCE.
  • Wikipedia, Temple, history section, region
    Gobekli Tepe, located in southern Turkey, was built between the 8th and 10th millennium BCE.
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