The influence of ideology on the preservation, restoration and reconstruction of temples in the urban structure of post-totalitarian states
Journal: RPK (Politechniki Krakowskiej)
Year: 2020

Among the entire list of architectural monuments, religious structures depended most heavily on the changes in politics and ideology. If the ruling elite did not take an antagonistic position concerning the dominant religion, it either contributed to its dissemination and affirmation or was at least neutral. In the case when the dominant religion was that of the state and a combination of power and religion was observed, the temples occupied a dominant place in the structure of settlements, and