Sentence examples for ecclesiastical buildings from inspiring English sources

The demolition of major ecclesiastical buildings in the late 1920s, and the trashing of centuries of archaeological evidence to build the Palace of Congresses in 1961 were particularly egregious acts of desecration.

The iconographic program of medieval stained-glass windows for ecclesiastical buildings is a product of several factors.

The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) and old ecclesiastical buildings were also ruined in the war but have been rebuilt.

From the early 18th century Eger revived, and the number of ecclesiastical buildings that were built in the town gave rise to its name of "the Hungarian Rome".

The ecclesiastical buildings known as the Euphrasius Basilica are among the best preserved examples of early Byzantine architecture in the world.

While classical-style architecture was relegated to many architects' back shelf, designs for civic and ecclesiastical buildings kept Mr. Smith and his three-person firm afloat.

Ecclesiastical building in this period was modest.

As archbishop he did considerable ecclesiastical building in the city of York and elsewhere.

These casting foundries hired themselves out to the large ecclesiastical building sites.

This Gilded Age frenzy of ecclesiastical building created a terrific demand for designers who could make houses of worship that were also theaters of spiritually inspiring beauty.

In Constantinople, Anatolia, and eastern Europe, where the Orthodox church flourished, a plan known as the Greek cross dominated ecclesiastical building.