Archaeoastronomical study of the historic churches of la gomera

In this paper we discuss the importance of studying the orientation of ancient Christian churches, as a complement to the historical and cultural research of the temples. We present preliminary results of the analysis of the precise spatial orientation of 38 colonial churches located on the Canary I...

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Autores principales: Di Paolo, A., Gangui, A.
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Astronomy
Christian religion
Church orientation
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_18501168_v29_n3_p62_DiPaolo
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spelling todo:paper_18501168_v29_n3_p62_DiPaolo2023-10-03T16:33:15Z Archaeoastronomical study of the historic churches of la gomera Di Paolo, A. Gangui, A. Astronomy Christian religion Church orientation In this paper we discuss the importance of studying the orientation of ancient Christian churches, as a complement to the historical and cultural research of the temples. We present preliminary results of the analysis of the precise spatial orientation of 38 colonial churches located on the Canary Island of La Gomera (Spain). The sample suggests that, although several churches have a canonical orientation within the solar range, a large proportion of them follow a pattern of orientations that is compatible with the steep orography of the island and, therefore, contrasts with the prescriptions contained in the texts of the early Christian writers. © 2018, Centro de Investigaciones en Laseres y Aplicaciones. All rights reserved. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_18501168_v29_n3_p62_DiPaolo
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topic Astronomy
Christian religion
Church orientation
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Christian religion
Church orientation
Di Paolo, A.
Gangui, A.
Archaeoastronomical study of the historic churches of la gomera
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Christian religion
Church orientation
description In this paper we discuss the importance of studying the orientation of ancient Christian churches, as a complement to the historical and cultural research of the temples. We present preliminary results of the analysis of the precise spatial orientation of 38 colonial churches located on the Canary Island of La Gomera (Spain). The sample suggests that, although several churches have a canonical orientation within the solar range, a large proportion of them follow a pattern of orientations that is compatible with the steep orography of the island and, therefore, contrasts with the prescriptions contained in the texts of the early Christian writers. © 2018, Centro de Investigaciones en Laseres y Aplicaciones. All rights reserved.
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Gangui, A.
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Gangui, A.
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title Archaeoastronomical study of the historic churches of la gomera
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