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Fine arts > Architecture > Religious architecture > Lavras

Preferred term

Lavras

Definition(s)

Certain monastic complexes of the eastern Mediterranean in which hermit monks live in a loosely organized group of cells around a common central complex [AAT 94]; sometimes used colloquially to refer to the cells themselves; see also Monasteries, Hermitages

Broader concept(s)

Religious architecture

Related concept(s)

Synonym(s)

Hermitages, lavras
Lauras
Monasteries, lavras
Religious houses, lavras

Notation

118023

In other languages

Laure

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-S51NMKDX-Q

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