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physics.hist-ph2017★ 6 cited
On the orientation of the historic churches of Lanzarote: when human necessity dominates over canonical prescriptions
Alejandro Gangui, A. Cesar Gonzalez Garcia, Maria Antonia Perera Betancort +1
We present the analysis of the measured orientations of 30 churches of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canarian archipelago, built prior to 1810, as well as a few buildings of late…
physics.hist-ph2016★ 1 cited
The orientation as a signature of cultural identity: The historic churches of Lanzarote
Alejandro Gangui, A. Cesar Gonzalez Garcia, Maria Antonia Perera Betancort +1
The orientation of Christian churches is a well-known distinctive feature of their architecture. There is a general tendency to align their apses in the solar range, favoring orien…