Sacred architecture (also known as
religious architecture) is a
religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of
places of worship and/or sacred or intentional space, such as
churches, mosques,
stupas,
synagogues, and
temples. Many cultures devoted considerable resources to their sacred architecture and places of worship. Religious and sacred spaces are amongst the most impressive and permanent
monolithic buildings created by humanity. Conversely, sacred architecture as a locale for meta-intimacy may also be non-monolithic, ephemeral and intensely private, personal and non-public.