Geography 1400F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: List Of Religious Sites, Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, Centrifugal Force
5 Apr 2019
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Q1: with reference to each of the following, explain how religion has shaped the cultural landscape. Sacred sites: different religions may shape the cultural landscape differently because of the different types of sacred sites. Most sacred sites have to do with events from the founding of a certain religion and are usually near the hearth. Many religions also build shrines or other structures to commemorate those events. One such example would be the church of the holy sepulcher, which marks the site where jesus" tomb was. This church is one christian site is jerusalem, where there are many jewish and islamic. Holy sites, this leaving a christian mark on the cultural landscape. Burial practices/sites: burial sites can shape a cultural landscape because of the different practices of various religions. Some religious groups bury their dead in the ground. Others use mausoleum structures where bodies cannot be buried in the ground.
