Talk:Monolithic church
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[edit] why built this way?
Why were these churches built in this way?--tom 14:49, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] number
Gebra Maskal Lalibela says it was 12 churches. //ulvbot
[edit] these things are not monolithic churches
OK, I did a check of the "other" churches and removed some per below.
- Church of the Rock (Felsenkirche) in Idar-Oberstein, Germany - a church built in a cliff crevice
- Abbey of Saint-Roman (L’abbaye de Saint-Roman) in Beaucaire, Gard, France - cave monastery per this link
- BanyanTree 15:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not Monolithic
Lalibela churches are not "monolithic" that term refers to the use of single large stones as those used at Stonehenge. Lalibela as an example of rock-cut architecture. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.90.2.208 (talk) 16:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] other examples do exist
It is not true that there are no other examples of "monolithic architecture" with external walls. There are many in India. I agree with the above comment that this page is filled with inaccuracies. The term furthermore 'monolithic architecture' is not used by historians to describe these buildingsBrosi 12:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Monolithic-again
I see that there is a question 'why are they not monolithic' but don;t kow how to respond yet, so I am doing it here. I have reviewed architecture lexicons and monolithic applies to the use of single stones erected on the site or transported to the site. It does not refer to something like this which is carved from the living rock. In that sense it is not a 'stone' and is therefore not 'lithic.Brosi 12:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC) It is a real shame that you took out the link to rock-cut architecture, which has a nice site and gives a broader context of Lalibela.
