The shrine (türbe) of Idris Baba is one the two Ottoman mausolea which can be visited in territory Hungary. Today, good condition and following several 20th century restorations, buildings reflect their original conditions period. However, building had different functions resulted modifications its architectural features after rule region. During 21st centuries, survey drawings were prepared to...

This paper reports the analyses carried out on medieval copper alloy door (1111–1118 AD) of mausoleum Boemondo d’Altavilla in Canosa di Puglia (Southern Italy). The studied is smallest bronze extant Italy and, unlike other Byzantine doors, was most probably made and not Constantinople. Analyses were performed to assess chemical composition patinas using a portable energy dispersive X-ray fluore...

Abstract The Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque, Mexico, is an outstanding example Classic Maya architecture erected in seventh century as funerary building for ruler K'inich Janab Pakal. For decades, scholars have speculated on its construction sequence and potential existence hidden rooms either side Pakal's mortuary chamber. This article aims to advance understanding Temple's architectur...

Stucco decorations are among the major decorative elements of the religious structures of the Ilkhanid period in Iran.Typical examples of these decorations are found in the mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran, located some” 30 km” southwestof Isfahan. Owing to the importance of the decorative technique and its great stucco decorations, several contemporaryIslamic scholars have described the mausoleum as ...

The article explores grotesque forms of post-socialist memory and representations state socialist lieux de mémoire in Pavel Pepperstein’s novel Prazhskaia noch′ (A Prague Night, 2011) Jáchym Topol’s Citlivý člověk sensitive person, 2017). Both novels can be classified the genre “magical historicism,” which processes legacy past traumatic events. satirizes contradictions culture. Gottwald mausol...