Du culte aux sanctuaires. L'architecture religieuse dans l'Afrique romaine et byzantine. Architecture – paysage whereas there is nothing here

whereas there is nothing here (let us look carefully

à la fois cartes à jouer et miniatures

although astonishing churches are being built

Sculptors and artists from all over the world found it an immense source of inspiration

This first archaeological study of the tombs located around the churches of Lalibela allows us to understand over the long term the evolution of the practices and funerary spaces of a major site of Christianity in Africa and of Ethiopian history

Du culte aux sanctuaires. L'architecture religieuse dans l'Afrique romaine et byzantine. Architecture – paysage whereas there is nothing hereThis volume takes stock of complex and extremely rich questions, as they touch on the most intimate aspects of society, by presenting a broad cultural panorama, from Roman and Byzantine Africa to the early days of Islam, over a vast geographical area, from western Mauretania to Cyrenaica. The long duration and continuity of religious life in sanctuaries and monumental complexes have been the subject of a more in depth examination, thanks to new