Outdoor Church - Okugaikyoukai

...In particular, in Mesoamerica and the Andes, which have traditions of highly developed indigenous civilizations such as the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas, a selection of European civilizations was made, non-Christian decorative designs were added to church decorations, and some original works were created to suit the human and physical environment. In Mexico, open-air churches and posas (small places of worship) were established in vast atrios (church sites surrounded by stone or mud-brick walls) to convert the indigenous people, and stone churches were later built. The Mudejar style introduced from Spain was popular, and the Plateresco style also appeared as a typical example of 16th-century architecture. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "outdoor churches" is listed below.

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…なかでもアステカ，マヤ，インカなどの高度に発展した土着文明の伝統をもつメソアメリカ，アンデス地方ではヨーロッパ文明の取捨選択が行われ，教会の装飾に非キリスト教的装飾意匠が加えられたし，人的･物的環境に合致した幾つかの独創的な作品も創造された。メキシコでは広大なアトリオatrio(石または日乾煉瓦の壁で囲まれた教会の敷地)に原住民の改宗のために屋外教会やポーサposa(小礼拝所)が設けられ，その後石造の教会が建てられた。スペインから伝えられたムデーハル様式が好まれ，プラテレスコ様式も16世紀建築の典型として現れる。…

※「屋外教会」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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