Cities Hosting Holy Shrines: the Impact of Pilgrimage on Urban Form

This paper explores pilgrimage in the context of historic holy cities which contain at least one religious complex through which the ritual of pilgrimage takes place. One controversial tension in urban development process of holy cities is the tension between urban growth, on the one hand, and adapt...

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Main Authors: Hossein Maroufi, Elisabetta Rosina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design 2017-12-01
Series:Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning
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Online Access:http://iconarp.selcuk.edu.tr/iconarp/article/view/185