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This book highlights the relationship between sacred architecture and tourism, specifically focusing on the role of interior design strategies. It explores how the interior design of sacred spaces can influence the tourist experience and shape their perception of these places. The book touches upon elements such as spatial organization, symbolism, material selection, lighting, and acoustics, all of which contribute to creating a meaningful and immersive environment for visitors.

It explores the architectural design, ideological motivations, and the historical context surrounding the palace''s construction. The book also addresses the eventual abandonment of the project and its transformation of their uses, reflecting on the complexities of realizing utopian visions in architecture. It examines how the sanctuary''s architectural design and spatial arrangement interact with the surrounding landscape, including elements such as topography, vegetation, and water features.

Moreover, it focuses on the interior design and explores the symbolism, spatial organization, artistic elements, and spiritual experiences associated with the dome interiors of these structures. The book showcases the historical context, cultural influences, and the evolution of design principles that shaped these remarkable spaces.

Also, this book investigates the transition of visionary architectural drawings from the realm of professional architects. Furthermore, it explores how architectural drawings serve as a medium for expressing imaginative and utopian ideas, and how this transition occurs in the context of architectural education.

This book provides a substantial contribution to understanding the international legal framework for the protection and conservation of cultural heritage. It offers a range of perspectives from well-regarded contributors from different parts of the world on the impact of law in heritage conservation. Through a holistic approach, the authors bring the reader into dialogue around the intersection between the humanities and legal sciences, demonstrating the reciprocity of interaction in programs and projects to enhance cultural heritage in the world. This edited volume compiles a selection of interesting reflections on the role of cultural diplomacy to address intolerances that often govern international relations, causing damage to human and cultural heritage. The main purpose of this collection of essays is to analyse the different cultural paradigms that intervene in the management of heritage, and to advocate for improvements in international laws and conventions to enable better cultural policies of individual nations for the protection of human rights. The editors submit that it is only through open dialogue between the humanities and jurisprudence that the international community will be able to better protect and value sovereignty, and promote cultural heritage for the development of a better world. This collection is relevant to scholars working in areas relating to law, management and policies of cultural heritage conservation and protection.

Placemaking and cultural landscapes are worldwide multidisciplinary global concerns that cover many points of view of the common impacts of socio-economic cultural and rights jurisprudence planning, wellbeing and related advancements. Concerned with the complex interactions between the development and environment of those factors, it is important to seek ways, paths and implications for framing sustainability in all social activities. This book is mostly based on the 10th ACLA – Asian Cultural Landscape Association International Webinar Symposium that took place during September 26–27, 2020, in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. It examines contemporary social–cultural issues in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and associated cultural and sacred landscapes. There, the emphasis is on awakening deeper cultural sensitivity in harmonizing the world and the role of society and spiritual systems, drawing upon multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural interfaces—all within the scope of the future of the earth. The book’s chapters add a new dimension of cultural understanding in the broad domain of emerging human geoscience, considered as key policy science for contributing towards sustainability and survivability science together with future earth initiatives.