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cave churches (<church buildings by location or context>, churches (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Churches that are constructed inside caves or otherwise utilize natural cavities in the earth's surface. They are distinguished from rock-cut churches, which are cut from the living rock outside the context of a cave. |
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cave churches (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
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cave church (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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churches, cave (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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rock churches (cave churches ) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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churches, rock (cave churches) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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monolithic churches ( ) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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churches, monolithic (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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洞穴教堂 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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洞窟教堂 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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xiū dào yuàn jiào táng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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xiu dao yuan jiao tang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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hsiu tao yüan chiao t'ang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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grotkerken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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grotkerk (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Höhlenkirchen (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Höhlenkirche (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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igrejas cavernas (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)
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igreja caverna (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)
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iglesias en una gruta (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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iglesia en una gruta (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RK |
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........................ ceremonial structures (G) |
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................................ religious buildings (G) |
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........................ <single built works by location: topographical> (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 建於洞窟中或者利用洞窟或地表天然凹陷處所建的教堂。和「石鑿教堂」有別,後者乃鑿入露天之天然岩石所建。 |
Dutch ..... Kerken die in grotten zijn gebouwd of op een andere manier gebruik maken van natuurlijke holten in het aardoppervlak. Te onderscheiden van 'rotskerken', die zijn uitgehouwen in levende steen die geen grot vormt. |
German ..... Kirche, die in einer Höhle erbaut wurde oder in anderer Weise natürliche Hohlräume der Erdoberfläche nutzt. Höhlenkirchen werden von in Felsen gehauenen Kirchen außerhalb einer natürlichen Höhle unterschieden. |
Portuguese ..... Igrejas que são construídas dentro de cavernas ou utilizam cavidades naturais na superfície da Terra. Elas se distinguem de igrejas escavadas em rochas, que são cortes em rochas em seu local de origem, fora do contexto de uma caverna. |
Spanish ..... Iglesia que se encuentra construida dentro de una cueva o utlizando otro tipo de cavidades naturales en la superficie terrestre. Se distinguen de "iglesia excavada en roca", la cual se encuentra tallada en la roca viva fuera del contexto de una cueva. |
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distinguished from .... |
rock-cut churches |
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(<churches by form>, churches (buildings), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300007513] |
used/located in .... |
caves |
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(landforms (terrestrial), natural landscapes, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) [300008746] |
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