Photos
Photos
Right: Church-Mosque, Uzundzhovo, Bulgaria: 16th century mosque converted into a church, 1910
Left: A Byzantine Mosque: 8th century church in Trilye, Turkey, a mosque since 15th century.
Above: Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Famagusta, Cyprus. Built as cathedral, 1328; conveted into mosque in 1571. (Photo: Rabia Harmansah)
Left: The iconostasis in the Republican Mosque, Derinkuyu, Turkey.
Right: The mihrab in the Church: parish church in Mertola, Portugal; built as a mosque in 12th century, converted into church in 13th century.
Below: Detail: Mihrab and Our Lady of the Snows, Parish Church, Mertola, Portugal.
Below: Chinchero, Peru: Catholic church built on Inka shrine
Below: Intersection of Haci Bayram mosque (14th century) and Temple of Augustus (1st century), Ankara
Above: “Haci Augustus:” Haci Bayram mosque (above left) and Temple of Augustus, Ankara; these buildings literally intersect (above) and Roman temple was a madrasa until early 1920s.
Below: St Catherine triumphant over a Muslim ruler, Viceroy’s Gate, Old Goa, India
Below: The priest and the Turk: detail from iconostasis (1950s) of the Church of St. Nikola, Smolyan, Bulgaria
Below: Tolerance after all: Museum of Christian Art dedication plaque, Goa, India, 2002: the Governor is a Muslim, the Chief Minister a Hindu, and the third participant the Roman Catholic Archbishop.
Left: Portuguese Colonial Pelourinho (pillary), the main symbol of Portuguese power, Old Goa; formed from pillar appropriated from Hindu temple, possibly Shiva temple destroyed by Portuguese in 16th Century.
Below: Cuzco, Peru: Church and Monastery of Santo Domingo, upon foundations of the most sacred Inka shrine, the Coricancha
Left: Cuzco: Church of St. Domingo intersects the Coricancha, the Temple of the Sun