How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe

How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
March 24, 12:40 to 2 p.m.
202 International Center

Join author Diana Darke in exploring connections between Syria and Europe. We will be examining the Christian art and architecture still extant on the hillsides of Syria, where thousands of fourth, fifth, and sixth-century churches can be studied and explored. This historic Syrian legacy was then inherited by the first Islamic dynasty over the seventh and eighth centuries, the Umayyads, from their capital Damascus, in turn shaping the earliest examples of Islamic art and architecture, such as Jerusalem's iconic Dome of the Rock and Damascus's Great Umayyad Mosque.